Unfortunately for Nuada, his sister, Princess Nuala (Anna Walton), has the missing piece and doesn't plan to let him realize his evil intentions. As Nuada plots his takeover, Hellboy is trying to get used to life with his main pyrokinetic squeeze, Liz (Selma Blair), whose pyrokinetic abilities don't match the seeming lack of warmth in their relationship. Bureaucratic boob Tom Manning (Jeffrey Tambor) is still trying to keep the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, of which Hellboy, Liz and Abe are members, a secret.

To Earth, Water and Fire, the movie now adds Air -- or protoplasm, at least, in the shape of the shape-shifting Johann Krauss. And then it gives the team a new challenge, in the form of a domesticated devil hulk and his superfreak comrades: The Paranormal Research and Defense team is basically a wilder version of the X-Men crew or the Fantastic Four, but with an oversize grandeur.

Yes, indeed. Time to save the world again: long ago, an invincible army is buried away when a hidden, ancient race builds a truce with humans. It’s not meant to last and a disgruntled prince with killer sword skills (Luke Goss) seeks to reactivate the army and destroy the humans. Now, Hellboy and his team of heroes must stop the powers of darkness from unleashing the Golden Army, an indestructible force of wind-up clockwork people that lurch forward on springs and gears