Hellboy II

Completely enjoyable, this Hellboy II. Not quite the movie of the year, but good fun all the same. He's a mutant, or a creature with super-powers - he's red, he's got big arms and horns, that he files down meticulously, and he's very strong. And he likes cats (no, he doesn't eat them). He's part of a Government agency full of mutants. Some weirder than others.

An ancient pact between humans and a race of elves (or at least people who look like the elves in Lord of the Rings) is about to be broken, with dire consequences. The evil prince must be stopped at all cost. And the evil prince has got a goody-goody twin sister. Have I lost you yet? There is a lot going on here. And I actually remember more than I thought - all of this without the help of Wikipedia! And I also remember that one of the final scenes is a hand to hand fight over a big clockworks mechanism, and the twin sister is very significant.

Perfect for a wet Sunday afternoon. Probably a big hit with teenage boys.