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‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’ Review: The Latest Reboot for the Half-Demon Superhero Is a Dull, Disorienting Experiment
A lower budget sadly comes with lower effort and artistry in Brian Taylor's superhero reboot 'Hellboy: The Crooked Man.'
One half of the duo behind high-octane films like “Crank” and “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” (not to mention his solo effort “Mom and Dad,” a dark horror comedy), Taylor has made several movies that get by on momentum and gusto. From there on out, they run into several villagers whom they agree to help, since they’re tormented by local witches, and a devious figure called the Crooked Man, whose deep ties to America’s colonial sins are briefly mentioned before being discarded. Despite being a constant physical presence, her role is to observe and sometimes comment on strange happenings as she and Hellboy are guided through the woods by local ex-soldier Tom (Jefferson White), an equally uncharismatic figure.
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