Although Hellboy II trumps the first Hellboy, it still misses the mark and doesn't quite earn itself an "excellent" rating. The villain is really cool in this film, but the protagonists are still pretty mundane. The action scenes where the film shines include the battles with the elemental forest god, and the battle at the end. The film had plenty of humor and I was quite pleased at how funny it was, but it still left me a bit disappointed with how much I anticipated the movie. One character I thought was really cool that is classic Guillermo del Toro, is the Angel of Death. That was an amazing looking character.