“You are mankind’s best and only hope.”

Based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, “Hellboy” brings the character back to the silver screen for the first time in 11 years.

After two films in the 2000s that were praised by fans and critics alike, audiences have spent the last decade wondering when “Hellboy 3” would be released. After it was announced the new film would be a reboot instead of a sequel, however, fans became skeptical. Without the creative team that made the first two movies so great, would the reboot be able to capture the same magic?

No, not at all.

Almost every single aspect of this film was a mess. The most glaring issue was the film’s CGI, which looked like it was from 2001. As “Hellboy” features a hordes of demons and other supernatural creatures, the film relies heavily on computer-generated effects. Each of these creatures look terrible, and that makes it hard to fully enjoy the film.

“Hellboy” is also plagued by terrible performances all around. While David Harbour has a few good moments as the film’s titular role, his delivery is consistently bland. When a foul-mouthed, gun-toting red demon character is hard to like, you know your movie has a problem.

The entire supporting cast is an absolute joke. Milla Jovovich is an incredibly un-intimidating villain, making the film feel very low-stakes. Ian McShane, Sasha Lane and Daniel Dae Kim all give uninspired performances as Hellboy’s father and sidekicks, respectively. The cast completely fails at trying to give the film a serious tone — and they don’t fare much better with comedy.

Another one of the film’s big issues is its conflicting tone. Sometimes the film wants to be a super serious character study and other times it tries to be an R-rated comedy like “Deadpool.” As the film jumps back and forth between these two tones, it fails to nail either of them and ends up being a complete mess.

There are two action scenes towards the beginning and end of the film, however, that were fantastic. If the entire movie would’ve followed the same tone of those two scenes, it could have been something great.

“Hellboy” is a comic book movie in a world absolutely full of comic book movies.

It does nothing to make itself stand out from the crowd; everything from its “end of the world” plot to its score feel incredibly generic.

“Hellboy” lands somewhere between bland and bad. The few moments of fun in the film simply can’t save it from being an uninspired, forgettable mess.

1.5/5 Stars