By Izah Morales
INQUIRER.net

HELLBOY 2: The Golden Army is a visual treat for its audience yet it misses weaving its ending to sustain the plot of the story.

The plot of the story was promising in the beginning when a truce made peace possible between mankind and magical creatures but distrust and thirst for power and dominion over Earth pushed Prince Nuada to kill even his kin. Disobedience and greed overpowered him as he ignored to honor what has been agreed upon by mankind and the magical creatures.

As the story moved to its climax, the film engages the viewers to the story and some funny moments (remember when Hellboy and Abe Sapien started singing as they tried to understand love and falling in love). But then, the ending was disappointing because the death of Prince Nuada and her twin sister Princess Nuala does not justify peace. Being six feet under doesn’t stop war. The movie left viewers lost in transition. It also tried to inject love story (Sapien falling in love with Princess Nuala) when it is not needed. The film became a bit cheesy, but perhaps that was Guillermo del Toro’s way of injecting humor and some “humanity” in the movie.

Nonetheless, Director Guillermo del Toro (also of Pan’s Labyrinth) successfully brought its viewers to a world of make believe for this action adventure packed movie. Viewers will surely enjoy watching how superheroes, Hellboy a.ka. Red, Liz Sherman, and Abraham Sapien, can be normal and mortal in their extraordinary way. Despite their super powers, they reveal a “human side.” That human side was exposed when Red and Abe went on singing Al Green and Barry White after downing cans of beer.

If you want a mind-tickling film this is not for you. But if you want your eyes to feast on visual effects then you should not miss this one.