Condition: New</br>Format: Blu-ray</br>Anamorphic; Color; Dolby; Subtitled; Widescreen</br></br>Product Description</br></br>From visionary writer/director Guillermo del Toro (director of Blade II?? The Devil's Backbone) comes Hellboy?? a supernatural action adventure based on Mike Mignola's popular Dark Horse Comics series of the same name.  Born in the flames of hell and brought to Earth as an infant to perpetrate evil?? Hellboy (Ron Perlman) was rescued from sinister forces by the benevolent Dr. Broom (John Hurt)?? who raised him to be a hero.  In Dr. Broom's secret Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense?? Hellboy creates an unlikely family consisting of the telepathic "an" Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair)?? the woman he loves who can control fire.  Hidden from the very society that theyprotect?? they stand as the key line of defense against an evil madman who seeks to reclaim Hellboy to the dark side and use his powers to destroy mankind.</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>In the ongo" deluge of comic-book adaptations?? <i>Hellboy</i> ranks well above average. Having turned down an offer to helm <i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i> in favor of bringing <i>Hellboy</i>'s origin story to the big screen?? the gifted Mexican director Guillermo del Toro compensates for the excesses of <i>Blade II</i> with a moodily effective?? consistently entertaining action-packed fantasy?? beginning in 1944 when the mad monk Rasputin--in cahoots with occult-buff Hitler and his Nazi thugs--opens a transdimensional portal through which a baby demon emerges?? capable of destroying the world with his powers.