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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
· Movie
· 120 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1961
- IMDb #2130
- Google retired #1242
- Rotten Tomatoes #1755
- Metacritic #916
- Letterboxd #2317
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1422
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2464
- Metacritic Critics #807
- Metacritic Audience #1339
- Criticker #1986
- Douban #1726
- Kinopoisk #2398
- AlloCiné #2306
- Trakt #2312
Every rating
46–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 82, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An elven prince, tired of humanity's disregard for the magical world, declares war on humankind. He seeks to reclaim control by awakening a legendary, indestructible mechanical army. The supernatural investigator Hellboy and his team must stop the prince's apocalyptic plan, forcing Hellboy to confront his own destiny.
Details
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Writers
- Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola
- Based on
- Hellboy by Mike Mignola
- Released
- 11 July 2008
- Country
- United States, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Gaelic, German
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $85.0M
- Box office
- $160.4M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →5 wins from 14 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2008 | Best Makeup | Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Bradley James Allan, Mark Chapman, Bonnie Morgan, Andrew Owen, Michael Weis, Peng Zhang | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2008 | Best Sci-Fi/Superhero | Nominee | |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2008 | Best Actor | Ron Perlman | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actor | Doug Jones | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2008 | Best Make-Up/ Creature FX | Mike Elizalde/ David Martí/ Montse Ribé/ Cliff Wallace | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2008 | Best Wide-Release Film | Universal Pictures | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2008 | Best Screenplay | Guillermo del Toro | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup | Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Bradley James Allan, Mark Chapman, Bonnie Morgan, Andrew Owen, Michael Weis, Peng Zhang | Nominee |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
6 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Ron Perlman | Winner |
| Best Make-Up/ Creature FX | Mike Elizalde/ David Martí/ Montse Ribé/ Cliff Wallace | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Doug Jones | Winner |
| Best Wide-Release Film | Universal Pictures | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Guillermo del Toro | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anna Walton | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Horror Film | Winner | |
| Best Make-up | Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Michael J. Wassel, Adrian De Wet, Andrew Chapman, Eamonn Butler | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Colin McEvoy, Christoph Ammann for "Elemental Sequence" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Michael J. Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian de Wet, Eamonn Butler | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sci-Fi/Superhero | Nominee |