Helluva Boss: Hell’s Awakening

Helluva Boss: Hells Awakening is an Adult Animated Black Comedy movie. The film is based off the web series Helluva boss, with the film being released theatrically. The film is produced by Spindlehorse Toons and is distributed by A24. The film was directed and produced by Vivienne Medrano, with the film being written by Medrano and Brandon Rogers, Rogers co-wrote the story

The premise of the film revolves around I.M.P being given a target on earth. However, unbeknownst to them, the target is a notorious assassin who won’t go down without a fight. Along with the dangers of facing the assassin, I.M.P must deal with troubles from their past, with an uncertain future lying ahead of them

When the film was released, it received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Critics praised its animation, humor, action scenes, characters, voice acting, and musical score, however criticism was aimed towards the tonal inconsistencies, abrupt ending, and how some characters were underutilized. The screenplay and Medranos direction polarized critics. The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from fans of the show

Plot
After killing several targets for different clients, I.M.P, the immediate murder professionals, consisting of Moxxie, Millie, Blitzø, and Loona, are given a new target to assassinate. The target is Darius, a middle aged man who lives alone in the woods. Thinking it would be an easy fight, Moxxie, Blitzø, and Millie head off to try and kill Darius, however when they do, they are surprised when they find the perimeter of the house booby-trapped. Moxxie gets his leg caught in a bear trap, which attracts the attention of Darius. While Moxxie is trapped in the bear trap, Darius fights Millie and Blitzø, and manages to fend them off, causing both to retreat. Moxxie is left behind, and Darius chains him up in the basement in his house.

Back in hell, Millie is panicking and begs Blitzø to let them go back and save Moxxie. Blitzo refuses, saying that Moxxie as a lost cause, and that Darius almost killed then all. Millie is furious by Blitzøs decision, and Millie leaves I.M.P to find out a way to save Moxxie. Aware that the Grimoire belongs to Stolas the owl demon prince of the Goetia family, and that Blitzø sleeps with Stolas once every month to get the Grimoire, Millie sneaks into the Goetia palace to try and steal the Grimoire while Stolas and Blitzø are having sex. However, as Millie is sneaking through the palace, she is caught by Octavia, Stolas’s daughter. Upon learning why Millie is here, Octavia becomes supportive to her cause and finds the Grimoire and gives it to her. Millie escapes the palace, and when Stolas and Blitzo finish having sex, they’re shocked the discover the Grimoire is missing.

Millie uses the Grimoire to travel to earth, however she is followed by Loona, who was told by Blitzo the Grimoire was missing, and it needed to be found, so Loona followed Millie’s scent. With Loona and Millie on earth, Millie approaches Darius’s house, intending to kill him. However, Loona ambushes Millie and tries to take the Grimoire back, however the noise ends up attracting Darius. Darius shoots a hole in Loonas arm with a sniper rifle and attacks the two with a shotgun and a dagger. After a brief fight, Loona is knocked out and Millie is forced to retreat with the Grimoire. Loona is chained up alongside Moxxie in Darius’s basement, and Moxxie shared with Loona everything Darius told him. Darius was an assassin, but he used dark magic to travel to hell and back, and he killed several demons on his trips to hell and back. Clients would pay him to assassinate people on earth, and Darius would kill demons for fun. Both Moxxie and Loona realize that Darius has no intention of keeping them alive if he’s willing to tell them that information

Back in hell, Blitzø is panicking that he can’t find Loona anywhere, and that night he has a nightmare. His nightmare involves Stolas, who gets furious at Blitzø for losing the Grimoire, Verosika, Bliztøs ex, and had their heart broken by him, Striker, who tried to kill Stolas and Blitzø in the past, and Moxxie and Loona, who are both gone and Blitzø blames himself for them being gone. In the morning, Millie tells Blitzø about what happened to Loona, and Blitzø lashes out at her, in the process he gouges out one of Millie’s eyes in anger. As the two fight, Darius suddenly appears im front of the two, having used dark magic to teleport to hell. After a brief fight, Darius knocks Blitzø unconscious and kidnaps Millie.

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Cast

 * Brandon Rogers as Blitzø
 * Richard Horvitz as Moxxie
 * Vivian Nixon as Millie
 * Erica Lindbeck as Loona
 * Edward Bosco as:
 * Darius, the assassin I.M.P is hired to kill
 * Striker
 * Bryce Pinkham as Stolas
 * Barret Wilbert Weed as Octavia
 * Cristina Vee as Verosika Mayday

Critical Response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 61% average critic score. The critics consensus reads, “While it will almost certainly please fans of the show, the mix of comedy, drama, and action is jarring enough to give any viewer whiplash.” The film holds a 98% average audience score. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare, “A+” grade on an A+ to F scale