Has the R-rated superhero flick lost its powers?

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Deadpool opened up the market for ultra-violent, profane superheroes, but the new Hellboy’s box-office nose dive shows they need more than shock value

In the week leading up to the release of the new Hellboy film, Lionsgate unleashed something called a “Super R-RATED Sizzle Reel!” to showcase what the studio hoped to be the chief appeal of their $50m reimagining of Mike Mignola’s comic books: a grand parade of violence, blood, gore, mutilation and foul-mouthed mischief. The montage wasn’t coy about its intentions.

 

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Anything as stupidly formulaic as R+comic is destined to be a fad.

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The issue is not that we are losing interest in “R Rated films”. Instead, we should be asking what a film has to offer BEYOND its R-Rating. Is there a reason to see it beyond the extra gore and sex?

You're really pushing the 'super hero movies' have lost their popularity narrative today. Second article of it's kind I've seen. Who is paying you to spin this?

No! A crap film is a crap film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine was PG-13, did the PG-13 superhero flick lose its power from one rubbish flick?

Hellboy was so fucking trash

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