Loved the fact that, despite being essentially magic robots, the Golden Army aren't complete automatons. They waited for their current leader to respond to the challenge, and respected the sanctity of the duel.

I love nuada’s face when he realises that hellboy does have royal blood in him and can challenge him.

I love the fact that in the final duel, Hellboy isn't a bumbling idiot, but rather a proficient fighter who holds his own.

Can we take a minute to appreciate how good this CGI looks? It's not old by any means, but it has a nice textured look to it. Not overdone and shiny and perfected like todays movies.

Nuada is a prime example of someone being an “Antagonist” more than an actual “Villain”. He did some messed up things to some people but he just wanted his kind to be able to be free to live their lives like they did in the past. He was more angry at the humans for the way they treat non humans and our never ending greed, never having enough. Plus, Nuada just a BAMF. His look, his demeanor, his drip, his determination, EVERYTHING!!! 🔥🤘🏽

Damn, what a well choreographed fight. I didn`t realize how well made these movies actually are until recently. Too bad we never got a third part, i would love to see Ron Pearlman as Hellboy again :/

Apparently Pearlman said he'd love to finish the trilogy with GDT and ignore the reboot. If only. If only.

I like how once Red realizes Nuada is mortally wounded and isn’t going to live, he shows compassion and holds him as he dies. He never really wanted to be his enemy, but had to stop him.

Prince Nuada it’s one of my favorite villain/characters. The way he looks,dresses, talks. His demeanor and his determination to complete his goal, whether you like it or not he’s fighting for his people and his kind to thrive once more after being forgotten and stepped upon by us humans. And his weapons!!, my god are they awesome and the way they are designed is just magnificent, along with the skill he has in using them. In my opinion it’s extremely hard not to love the guy, I wish they had a movie just about him Far far back in time when they built the Golden Army in both they are humans were at war. Now that would be bad ass!

I genuinely love the design for the Golden Army.

"not going to kill him abe, but I am going to kick his ass" I love this part

0:18 this is, without a doubt, one of the COOLEST sound effects I have ever heard! A perfect combination of monster roar and ancient machinery grinding to life. GOD I love that sound!

Props to Luke Goss. Terrific acting skills.

Gotta love how when Nuada gets proven wrong, and finds out that Hellboy totally has the right to challenge him, he just has this look of "Oh, fuck, I didn't think this part through."

I ALWAYS LOVE HOW DEL TORO CHOREOGRAPHS THE FIGHT SCENE! Very fluid and flashy yet still impactful. Brutally beautiful. Pacific Rim also has Del Toro's touch and that's what makes it good. Sadly his movies are never really that successful financially at box office (moderately) so not many studio wants him. Maybe cuz his fantasy theme doesn't really get accepted in mainstream industry.

The Golden army is the scariest I’ve ever seen in a sci fi/magic story. Even if you destroy all of them they just magically fix themselves.

Hellboy = Fire Abe = Water Johann = Air If Roger was in this, he'd be Earth.

Why does art usually receive such praise long after its revealed? I mean, the choreography, the visuals, the design of the REAL set with the whirling gears is fantastic and I didn't truly appreciate it until now, 14 years later.

I always loved the detail at 1:13 of Hellboy remembering his childhood remark. "What does it mean to be industrable?"

“You jumpy, slippery, bastard”...” I gotcha now”. Best fucking quote ever Ron Perlman’s HELLBOY forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like how we are all reminded that he is the son of a powerful ex demon duke. Even the sister knew that

Low key Nuada is one of the best villains in any superhero movie and they killed the design of the elves in this

"I'm not gonna kill him Abe,but I am gonna kick his ass."

That emotional look from the face "Nuada", I haven't seen anyone express that much dismay.

I like how prince nuada waited until hellboy caught his balance every time before he started attacking him again. First at 6:12 mark and then at the 7:07 mark

The goblin says that a curse fell on the city of Bethmora when the Golden Army was stored there. A theory: the curse was actually the Golden Army drawing all the energy of the inhabitants, slowly, in some form or manner. They're basically robots, but magic or no - they need energy to come alive and fight. This energy they get by drawing on the ambient energy of their surroundings.

I'm still so depressed they never made a true Hellboy3 🔥

Can we agree that the Hellboy OG movies and animated movies are flipping awesome and deserve more love?

3:54 a little reminder HB is Royalty

The forever Hellboy. Even the CGIs look better in this movie compared to the new Hellboy. It's the artistic preference that makes this movie great. The new one was too shallow

When you’re exploring the dwemmer’s ruins

Kraus possessing one of the soldiers was one of the most badass things ever

I love the fact that as a kid when his father told him the story, he mispronounced the word "indestructible" as "industrial" and did it again when he was an adult actually fighting the Golden Army 😂

Prince Nuada: Never bring a fist to a sword fight. Hellboy: No.

This scene is better than all Marvel movies combined. Epic.

I can't speak for anyone else, but the scene from 3:02 to 3:39 sorta made this movie for me. We are led to believe that the Golden Army's true strength lies in numbers. But as the heroes attempt to polish up this first batch, the chassis that Johann Krauss is currently driving is suddenly impaled from behind. Krauss is forced to eject...and as soon as he returns to his containment suit, he bears witness to a sight that would ruin the morale of the most stubborn armies: The bisected robot he was possessing _pulls its halves back together._ The one that Hellboy impaled *pulls the arm out* and uses it to replace its own limb. All around the room, opponents that were presumed dead start to twitch and groan, surging with heat and steam. Gears, pulleys, twisted metal, every last component that was separated from the bodies begin to roll, jump and scrape, slamming together and clicking into place. To make matters worse, not only are each of the machines completely modular(allowing components from totally independent machines to work exactly the same with all of their comrades), the regeneration process appears able to function without any direct command from the programming that controls them. A blatant demonstration occurs when a combination of gears, pulleys and metal comes together to form a _head,_ which one of the soldiers simply takes off the ground and attaches to it's body, without the slightest hint of difficulty. The story was right. "Seventy times Seventy soldiers, that would never know hunger and could not be stopped." These machines might not be too hard to knock down, but they are impossible to _keep_ down, and eventually their enemy will be too exhausted to keep fighting.

“You jumping slippery bastard, I got you now” 😂😂😂😂

Prince Nuada is the best antagonist villain I have ever seen. He is more like an antihero. I am not a great fan of the protagonist Hellboy, but Prince Nuada simply stole my heart.

I swear Guillermo Del Toro should direct a Star Wars movie. Not only is he an amazing director but this sword fight scene far exceeds all the lightsaber duels in every Star Wars movies combined. Yes, even the Anakin vs. Obi Wan and the Darth Maul one too.

The CG holds up well even today, and the excellent design of these characters/sets/props/costumes are timeless. And these sort of movies aren't usually praised for their acting, but I thought the guy who played Prince Nuada did an excellent job, especially as he died.

When I was a kid.... Prince Nuada was just a villian... Now as an adult, holy crap he's hot AF

1:11 always liked that callback to the opening.

Ron Pearlman should have came back as Hellboy.

6:51 : "Hey!" .. "Nice Ride.. huh?" 😎 😂😂😂😂😂 My best Favourite! 🔥

Along with Memnon from The Scorpion King, this sequence is a rare case of the hero being a big hulking titan while the villain is a nimble dex build.

The choreography is the perfect balance between fantastical and realistic (granted it does look a bit off here and there but effects are effects) It really does seem like two beings that are beyond the realm of mortals fightng

Man, when I was a kid, I just loved this golden army design. I still love it to this day. The part where Johann controls one of the golden soldiers was really creative. I always dreamed that one day they would make an action figure of them or something similar.

One of the few sequels that is better than the first. The Prince's cause was Nobel. Still he had to be stopped.

One of the first comic to live action adaptations done right.

The Golden Army is the equivalent of when you give Noobs overpowered weapons and let them fight vs Pros.

As much as I like David Harbour as Hellboy, Ron Pearlman will ALWAYS be Hellboy in my opinion!

The way Ron delivers that line "Attention, _all_ golden army! I _challenge_ ..Prince Nuada...For the right to command! But I'm going to your credit card number!"

Sad thing is we'll never know what happened to Hellboy and that prophecy 😢😢😢😢

This is why the final fight in Blade 2 was so good and also this one, Nomak and Prince Nuada combo, imagine a fight with hellboy and blade vs Nomak and the prince.

Fun fact: in the comics, Hellboy is more proficient with a blade than he is with The Samaritan. This fight felt like a nice nod to that

I'm so happy they made Hellboys sword skills are canon to the movies.

0:00 I love this. The march of heavy metal, and the sounds of hot steam... And their appearance! These are honestly in my top 10 favorite armies. Not many scenes, but their history of felling ancient humans who had some... Strange technology in this movie series... Very cool.

I love how in 2:31 you can clearly see that Krauss didn't kill that soldier but just stabbed him. The soldier then pretended to fall to let his guard down and eventually destroy the body he was possessing

I really loved this movie and more so than the first one. This was the first movie I bought on Blu Ray and probably the one I have watched the most in my collection. Please get back in business with Del Toro. Very very few filmmakers like him left on this planet

The whole aesthetic of Del Toro's movies is unparalleled. Even the blades they use look gorgeous

That reassembly scene is fantastic, the way they turn into their own little steam machines to get back to their host body. Love it. Those weapon designs are also just *chefs kiss* reminds me of bloodbornes trick weapons.

I have missed this gem so much! 😭how time has passed and this is movie is over a decade old! ❤❤

what i love about the hellboy - nuada fight is Hellboy is clearly a competent swordsman in his own right, the trope is for the big muscly guy that uses a gun to be a bit bad in a knife fight and to then win at last on some measure of luck but hellboy here is first to draw blood and forces nuada to retreat to a position where he can abuse his agility and even that backfires in the end.

Many people think s that Hellboy movie is not so good but I never understand why 🙄🙄🙄🙄

The actor who plays the price is extraordinarily, some of the those moves are his own definitely studied. Ron P is just to good his voice his demeanor love those shoes in Pacific Rim..

One thing hit me the other night while watching this. The first fight, yes, Hellboy was drunk but I doubt that's ever been a problem before. Nuada was desperate. He was on a mission and was eager and ready to fulfill it. Once he had the crown, his mentality was completely different. His fighting was nowhere near as fast and vicious as the first fight. It's always easier to attain something than to defend it once you have it. That's my head canon now anyways haha.

I’m surprised no one is talking about Red catching him as he stumbles forward. I always liked that

The only disappointing thing about this movie is they didn't make the 3rd part

Ty for reminding us we aren’t gonna ever see the third film in this version of hellboy.

The choreography between the Hellboy vs Nuada fight is SO FUCKING GOOD.

This movie will always have a place in my heart hopefully one day we get the ending to the real story 💔

Luke Gross played the Best Movie Villain of all Time .. Prince Nuada who wasn't actually a bad guy per say. He was literally a Patriot fighting for his People and what he believed in His methods were just brutal

"Don't do this, he'll kill you" "What, and those robo soldiers wouldn't?"

Dude she didn’t have to go that far lol. All the princess had to do was stab the hand her brother was holding the dagger with.

I love how you can see Red actually learned from his last fight. He knows how Nuada fights now and how his weapon works.

Nomak in another parallel universe.

I love this aesthetic, like something the celts would build If they had a industrial revolution.

The villain for some, is a hero for others.

Magneto would kill to have an army like this

I love they way they introduce the golden army ,in the story it said that the golden army is unkillable but we do see they get drestroyed telling us that the army isn't like the story but then they just reansamble showing how terrific they are and you know what is better they dont explain anything but we understand everything

I feel bad for the Golden Army it's like they feel pain when they're limbs are being torn apart

Ron pearlman is awesome as hellboy

Nadie jamás podrá igualar las películas del Gran GUILLERMO DEL TORO todas tienen su toque único de acción y fantasia

Johann was kicking ass by the dozen! Quite the formidable fighter, excellent combat intuition, coupled without the worry of pain or exhaustion makes him a total badass with the right body/object/machinery to possess

This fight reminds me of Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2 and The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe and Prince Caspian

The golden army is basically an army of the Iron giant that can fix themselves at will

It’s like when I clean my room and the next week I look around and it’s a mess again

You missed Nuada's beautiful tragic final speech !! "Which holocaust will you choose?"

Hellboy is cool 🔥

everyone is going to ignore the fact that one of the machines put a hand on the shoulder of the machine that was controlled by the smoke guy

7:55 It's like Prince Nuada is begging him to kill him. "You must. For I will not stop. I cannot." As much as he wants to save his people, he also does not want endless blood to all life. But with that much determination, Nuada will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

My Idol.....I have a tattoo of him.....Luke Boss was brilliant as The Prince too.....🖤

Buen trabajo chicos 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 que ganas me han dado de ver las dos películas... Maratón!!!! Una pena que no haya una tercera, no hay mejor Hellboy que Ron Perlman y no hay nadie mejor para Hellboy que mi hermoso precioso amor platonico Guillermo del Toro 🖤💕

8:19 Prince Nuada Tries To Kill Hellboy 8:22 She's Stabs Herself 8:26 With Princess Nuala 8:44 From Her Knife.

This is SUCH an underrated movie! I LOVED it when it came out and was saddened when it didn't do as well as I thought it should've done. Bad timing I suppose. It just so happened to come out the same year as Iron Man and The Dark Knight and wasn't marketed nearly well enough to compete with those two (well deserved) juggernauts.

Nuada's race is so beautiful to me, beucause in death they become statues making it impossible to forget that their race existed

I like it shows them moving at just above superhuman speeds just let you know their not just two old blokes going at it

Nuada vs Legolas would be epic😂

Johann Kraus 1:16 Use 1:21 The Golden Army's Body 1:28 And That 1:33 Like That !!!! 1:36 & Beating The Golden Army 1:42 1:56 Throwing a Golden Army Arm, & 2:42 Kills Himself So Close.

Honestly, I’m glad we don’t have a third film. The Golden Army ended on a solid happy ending which is something Hellboy needed. I think people forget that. A third entry would be great to finish the whole “End of the World” thing with him, but I don’t want to see that. Plus how are you ever going to top Nuada as a anti-villain?