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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
MEXICO · 2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro
supernatural creatures magical warfare human versus fantasy ancient artifacts underworld conflict
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Synopsis

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dar

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I think a lot of my creature work comes from a place of love and adoration – like the way Hayao Miyazaki loves nature and makes these creatures that are part of nature, or Princess Mononoke, where the gods are part of nature and they’re decaying. I love that idea, and that was certainly a guiding principle for the Forest God in Hellboy 2.
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