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Friday 12 april 2019
If you're not a superfan, 'Hellboy' is hell, boy

By MARK KENNEDY la's fantasy world that rath-
Hellboy is back and he's er rudely brushes aside the
got a dirty mouth and a first two films as if they nev-
man bun. er existed. It's like your new
The third film in the comic girlfriend blithely tossing out
adaptation franchise has a all the accumulated stuff in
new director, a new writer your medicine cabinet. It
and a new look — led by a even ignores in its title that
swashbuckling hellion who we've already had a "Hell-
uses expletives and wears boy." Out is director Guill-
one of the most ridiculed ermo del Toro, a monster
hair styles in decades. maker of epic proportions.
"Hellboy " is a reboot of art- Out is the original Hellboy,
ist and writer Mike Migno- Ron Perlman. Out is the PG-

This image released by Lionsgate shows, from left, Daniel Dae Kim, David Harbour and Sasha Lane
in a scene from "Hellboy."
Associated Press

13 rating. Now we've got ery scene and only then try- find out that one of their
an edgier, R-rated brightly ing to explain why it's been enemies is causing chaos
red hero in a film that can included. Director Neil Mar- on the streets outside —
best be described as te- shall leaves anyone not fa- from watching Sky News.)
dious. This "Hellboy" stars miliar with this world grasp- Hellboy is basically a mon-
the always likeable David ing and gasping. Scenes ster who hunts monsters, re-
Harbour of "Stranger Things" seem to just end abruptly, jecting his DNA by cutting
in a film even his charm as if Marshall was the one off his horns and stalking
can't save. It's really series trapped in story panels. A around in a ratty raincoat
of violent vignettes strung fight sequence with three with no shirt. He deals with
together, getting more and giants is really the only as- sorcery and ancient curses,
more outlandish and intro- tonishingly realized bit in utters strip club jokes, hears
ducing characters at such the whole film. (It looks like standard comic book lines
a blistering pace that you a different set of filmmakers — "Revenge is the only sus-
just want it to stop already. made it). tenance I require" — and
Casual fans or the uninitiat- What you need to know is has a hand in gore, be-
ed are in trouble right from that Hellboy is a devil who headings, eyes gouged
the beginning. Andrew ends up working for the out and deep ugliness.
Cosby's screenplay doesn't good guys, the Bureau for The movie starts in 517 AD,
unspool a coherent story so Paranormal Research and then goes to modern-day
much as violently shoehorn Defense. (These civil ser- Mexico, Colorado, London,
in diverse elements from vants aren't too good at the English countryside and
the comics, overstuffing ev- their job, by the way: They Siberia.q

Donald Glover, Rihanna film

'Guava' to hit Amazon Saturday

Associated Press cording to Vanity Fair, it will rator Hiro Murai, who has
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don- be available to watch for directed several episodes
ald Glover and Rihanna's free for 18 hours. of "Atlanta" and the ac-
secretive new film "Guava The film is described as a claimed "This Is America"
Island" is coming to Ama- tropical thriller about a lo- music video, directed
zon Prime Video this week- cal musician who wants to "Guava Island."
end. throw a festival. It was shot The actor-singer also tweet-
Glover tweeted Wednes- on location in Cuba and ed the film will be shown at
day that it'd be available "Black Panther" breakout the Coachella following his
to stream for free starting Letitia Wright co-stars. performance Friday at the
Saturday at 12:01 am. Ac- Glover's frequent collabo- music festival.q