The Story
Freed from the burden of having to establish backstories, Hellboy II delivers more action than its predecessor while delving further into the relationship between Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and his fiery girlfriend Liz Sherman (Selma Blair). Hellboy II also reintroduces Hellboy's buddy and brainy crime-fighting partner, Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), as well as Hellboy's boss at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Tom Manning (Jeffrey Tambor).
setup for the big showdown in this sequel involves a truce between humans and magical, mythical creatures who share our world while remaining unseen. Since ancient times these other beings have kept to themselves, leaving humans alone. But the son of the great King who brokered the truce with the humans is tired of being repressed. Prince Nuada (Luke Goss) wants to set his people free – and if it means that humans are going to have to die, then that's the price he's more than willing to pay.
Fortunately for the good people of Earth, Prince Nuada has a twin sister whose heart is in the right place. Princess Nuala (Anna Walton) does not support her brother's plan to unleash an army of unstoppable robots and makes contact with first Abe and then the rest of Hellboy's BPRD crew.
While Prince Nuada's been formulating his plan of attack, Hellboy's been creating a bit of a public relations problem for the Bureau. Hellboy shares a few traits in common with Prince Nuada, one of which is a desire to stop hiding out. Posing for photos, signing autographs…Hellboy's getting out of hand and so the mighty muckety-mucks at the Bureau decide to send in someone to take control. Johann Krauss (voiced by Family Guy's Seth Macfarlane), a protoplasmic genius with a crisp German accent and a sharp wit, takes over operations and finds a kindred spirit in the cerebral Abe.
The new team is tasked with putting a stop to Prince Nuada's evil plan, although a lot of what Prince Nuada slyly whispers in Hellboy's raging-red ear hits home. Fighting on the side of good and putting his own life at risk time and again in order to protect innocent bystanders, Hellboy's initially embraced by the citizens and treated as a hero. But just as quickly as people were willing to accept the presence of this demon among them, they do an about-face. They hurl threats and insults in his direction (as if he didn't realize he's ugly by human standards), ignoring the good he's done on their behalf. With ordinary citizens treating him like a big red punching bag and his home life with Liz edging toward a meltdown of epic proportions, Hellboy has to try and focus his energy on taking down Prince Nuada and his gang of evil creatures.
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