Modern cinema has spawned many remakes and reboots. Studios depend on profits, and repeating a successful formula is always financially safer than telling a fundamentally new story.
Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy duology from the 2000s was loved by many fans of action films. In 2019, they tried to revive the franchise, but the film failed at the box office.
But Hollywood bosses did not despair, and in 2024 they presented the public with another film about the red-faced antihero with Jack Kesey, it is already the third actor to play Hellboy. But the fourth film Hellboy: The Crooked Man was never a success.
The low budget for an action film 20m dollars, greatly affected the action scenes and special effects. Reviewers noted that the film resembled a fan film rather than a reboot of the popular film series. The film was also criticized for its mediocre acting and a disorganized script.
Hellboy fans sadly noted that the film was made solely for the sake of making money. It is not surprising that the action movie was only given a limited release around the world.
