Tim Blundell

Truly awful. I could quite happily leave it at that two word review if I didn't have a bit of a soft spot for the original, itself not groundbreaking but at least was a fairly original concept that lifted it above the usual Netflix movie fodder. For an action film it's fairly light on any actual action. Fight scenes are visibly speeded up in a misguided attempt to inject some kinetic energy, while other scenes are filled with poorly written exposition.. how can an action film be this boring? The worst crime though is against Charlize Theron's face.. which in sone scenes looks like it's been digitally de-aged due to a long gap between the film wrapping and theextensive reshoots that took place. It's completely unnecessary as Charlize remains one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, and is so distracting you find yourself mesmerized by her digital visage rather than the weak plot. Maybe they should have saved their money on the reshoots, because digital makeup aside, it doesn't appear that anything worthwhile was added. As they say.. you can't polish a turd, and no amount of digital glitter will stop this stinking up the place. You will have more fun reading the obviously AI generated reviews of this film on Google and elsewhere, trust me.

Bizarre. Fun in parts, an awful non-sensical mess in others. It's like director Dexter Fletcher has sold his soul to the Devil (or Apple Corp, as it's known these days) for this big budget Action Rom Com. Stalker Chris Evans has some charm, however the usually likeable Ana De Armas CIA agent does not (a horrible human being one minute, but 'learns' that sometimes you have to take risks for the ones you love). Ropey CGI mixes with stunning scenery within minutes of screen time. Inventive set pieces are murdered with terrible execution. The fun cameos almost make it worthwhile untill they too become cringey. Don't believe the Apple fanboy reviews, this is NOT a good film, but there are worse ways to entertain yourself for a couple of hours if you just take in the spectacle.. just.

Great cast, great songs, but so mediocre it's perplexing.

A great premise ruined by terrible writing and Netflix's mission to force social diversity down our throats. A shame, as it looks great and I really like the idea, but the execution by committee is terrible, and hampers this series with a Frankenstein mish-mash of ideas (a white, black, Asian, historical, fantasy, gothic, straight, gay, modern period drama) that do not blend well together.

Almost like an entirely different film to the original cut, that has all the things I like about Zack Snyder's films, but also many of the things I don't. It's too long as a film - all the extended scenes, re-edits and new material are all great but not always necessary. I really like it, but not sure everyone feel feel the same, and anyone that says it doesn't feel like a 4 hour movie is not being truly honest with themselves. That's not too say that the extra runtime isn't mostly put to good use - it is.. story arcs are better, action scenes are given better focus, and generally everything makes more sense. But it does sometimes feel that Snyder has thrown everything and the kitchen sink into this as he knows that there will probably never be a sequel where things could be paid off. Is it better than the original release? Resoundingly yes! Is this the version that WB should have waited for back in 2017? Maybe.. but definitely not as this bloated 4hr cut that has enough great scenes for two films, but sadly the story of just one.

Only one episode in but so far I really like what I see. Seems to have all the right elements in place and can't wait to see where it goes from here.

Probably one of the finest TV shows that has, and will ever be made. Casted, acted, shot and scored to near perfection, with VFX (and budget) to rival Hollywood blockbusters in later seasons. Even the slowest episodes over so many layers they keep you hooked, and even the rushed final season snatches victory from the jaws of defeat literally and figuratively.. mostly. A true epic that will be remembered for decades to come.

David Harbour is great as the main character, something I thought he would never be able to pull off, because Ron Perlman WAS Hellboy. But while he's great, everyone else is not so good. Bad acting and bad accents rule, with some horribly bad casting. Much the same with the film, there are glimpses of a good film hidden underneath a loud, gory, sweary mess. One that mistakes over the top bad language as humour and graphic violence as excitement. It's not completely terrible - there are some genuinely funny bits and the effects, while varying massively in quality give us some great inventive scenes (think 80's rock album bright to life), it's too much of a tonal mess to recommend.