Today I introduce the American fantasy film "Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen".
Title Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen / Hellboy - Call of Darkness (2019), alias Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen (Taiwan).
Today, when DC and Marvel are dividing up the American comics market, there are still some independent comics companies that insist on making their own comics. Those who can take food from the two giants can definitely be called dark horses. It just so happens that the comic company that produced "Hellboy" is called Dark Horse Comics. There is also an Image comic that produces "Spawn", but it seems that these two are not well-known in China.
Hellboy is one of many characters from Dark Horse Comics, and one of their most famous characters.
Hellboy, whose real name is Anung Un Rama, is a demon from hell. At the end of World War II, the German Nazis made a desperate attempt to summon the devil to come to the world to destroy the earth, and summoned the newly born Hellboy. During the summoning ceremony, the Allies arrived just in time to save Hellboy. An American scientist raised Hellboy and taught him to be kind. Hellboy has also successfully resisted the evil side of his heart, devoted himself to helping mankind, specialized in dealing with various supernatural events, and was awarded honorary human status by the United Nations.
Hellboy has a demonic physique, his body is red, his signature features are the demon horns that have been broken off on the top of his head, his right hand with full attack and defense attributes, and a super self-healing ability, ignoring fire attribute attacks. These qualities make him invincible in battle, almost unscathed.
In addition, he has two teammates, one is the female detective Liz who can manipulate fire, and the other is Abe Sapien, an amphibious murloc who can perceive the minds of others.
As early as 2004 and 2008, the famous otaku director Guillermo del Toro filmed two "Hellboy" films, a few years earlier than the later "Iron Man" in 2008. It's a pity that not everyone can go smoothly on the road to change the movie. The two "Hellboy" have a mediocre response, which also makes the planned third film a long way off.
The otaku Toro has restored the images of Hellboy and the fish man Abraham very well, but it is too advanced. In the era when everyone is not familiar with DC and Marvel, everyone does not know what dark horse comics are.
However, the flowers inside the wall are fragrant, and Toro took the amphibious fish-man and took a similar "The Shape of Water". As a result, everyone has also seen that "The Shape of Water" has been applauded and popular. What is the best picture and best director, it is almost a soft hand to win the award.
The success of "The Shape of Water" has further made the planned "Hellboy 3" difficult, and Toro is even more unlikely to continue to direct the third work. If the dark horse wants to take this IP, it can only restart.
According to the answer on Zhihu on the official account of Dark Horse Comics, this "Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen" is a rebooted movie, mainly based on the original comics "Hellboy: Darkness Calls" and "Hellboy: The Wild" Hunt)" and "Hellboy: The Storm And The Fury" and other chapters, using the legend of the blood queen.
Those who have seen the film will definitely remember the jumping plot in the film. One second is still joking, and the next second is turning against each other. In order to squeeze all the content of the three chapters into this film, the plot of this film has made great strides, and the result will naturally be involved.
"Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen" wants to express too much. Instead of this, it is really better to specialize in one of the chapters to shoot, tell the story of a chapter well, make a little climax, and leave a little foreshadowing. .
Or shoot slowly according to the rhythm of the TV series. When restarting "Hellboy", first warm up through the TV series, accumulate fans and word of mouth, and launch a big movie in time. Anyway, the directors and actors in the crew of "Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen" are all TV dramas, so it is safer to do so.
If you don't believe me, director Neil Marshall's masterpiece is "Westworld" and "Game of Thrones", actor David Harbour's masterpiece is "Stranger Things", and supporting actor Daniel DaeKim's masterpiece is "Lost" , Ian McShane Ian McShane's representative works are "American Gods" and "Game of Thrones". If this lineup is made into a TV series, it will definitely look good.
"Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen" does have many flaws on the reverse side of the plot, omitting a lot of transitional plots and focusing too much energy on bloody horror scenes.
Toro's old-fashioned people were destined not to shoot this "Hellboy", so the producer will "reshuffle" the director and cast. The most intuitive result of a major exchange blood is a full screen of plasma.
The only bright spot of the film is a large number of bloody, horrifying and weird pictures. Perhaps the appearance of these contents in the comics can satisfy readers' curiosity, but in R-rated movies, these elements are throughout, which can easily make the audience feel aesthetically fatigued.
Some stills and moving pictures are too bloody and weird, so I won't put them here. Those who are interested can search for them by themselves. When everyone is eating, it is best not to watch this movie.
"Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen" uses a lot of worthless, simple and crude use of the sensory stimulation of visual impact, which may seem cool, but it also further makes the story look broken and thin.
And if the plot can involve King Arthur, it must be brought to the sword in the stone. This kind of old-fashioned element is no longer fresh.
The jump in the plot makes the main film of the film unwatchable. If you want to watch strange creatures and bloody scenes, you can be satisfied.
The most embarrassing thing is that there is no easter egg at the end of the main film, which is a bit embarrassing. The long-shot easter egg at the end of the film shows the ambition to continue making a sequel after the restart, but judging from the performance of this film, the sequel is estimated to be out of play.
"Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen" is a real blood loss at the box office. According to IMDB data, the film cost 50 million US dollars, the US box office was 21.9 million US dollars, and the global box office was 44.66 million US dollars.
Hellboy's ambitious reboot failed. In contrast, Toro's two are still pretty good. The most critical failure of this film is that it wants to shoot too much. In fact, this type of film is best to follow the specialization route. If Dark Horse Comics wants to expand its influence by restarting, it will definitely not work. It can only dig deep into the dead house group, and maybe it can cultivate a group of loyal readers.
The plot is too loose and lacks necessary transitions.
Restarting the street, only the thrill of hunting is left.
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