With HELLBOY II, the comic-book blockbuster has finally grown up - without giving up the fairy-tale wonders of our youth. The Times
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There is plenty of action [...] Del Toro's fondness for the macabre, and for clockwork, colour this film in a way that's instantly recognisable. Empire
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[A] hard-driving psychedelic action-movie fantasia [...] del Toro stages all of the action brilliantly [...] Dazzling. Entertainment Weekly
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[A]live with fantasy and invention. To see this film, beautifully shot by Guillermo Navarro, is to truly feel you've entered another world, filled with nightmarish things both unimaginable and indescribable. Los Angeles Times
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Fantastic [...] The action film of the year Sunday Mirror
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HELLBOY II is a movie that's a tingling boost to the senses: and that sense of humour is such a stimulus to the other five. The Guardian