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Decent yet very incoherent adaptation of the Hellblazer comic lacks that book's sense of humor and complexity and goes for the gusto in stupidity with a very bad performance by Keanu Reeves, who manages to make his last two matrix films look like masterpieces compared to his work here. He not only sucks the life out of every scene he's in but manages to bring the film down to his level of acting in certain scenes. Director Frances Lawrence tries hard but lacks focus in certain scenes and lacks a sense of continually with his work. He steals from the best but lacks the substance to pull it off. The only redeeming things this movie has to offer is the performance of Rachel Weisz, who manages to give a strong, complex and moving performance despite the fact that the movie is not worthy of it. I would have liked to have learn more about her character and her relationship with her sister, which would have been a much better movie than this film was if they just could have based the film around her character instead of John Constantine. Djmon Hounsou, who was so great in the film " In America" only has a bit part here and he does well with it but I would have rather had him play a much bigger role than he was allowed to play in this film. Peter Stormare, who was so great in the movies "Birth" and "Chocolat", gives quite an unusual take of the devil. Unfortunately, he's not in the movie very much at all. The special effects are good but the way hell is represented here is more a variation of the sets that was used in the film than something completely original. It's a decent film if you're in the mood for this kind of movie but I you will end up thinking that it could have been better once it's over.Read full review
Believe it or not, I thought this movie was another Chariot War movie in the overdone line of "Troy," "Alexander," and "King Arthur." What a surprise I was in for. John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a psychic, no, a sorcerer, wait, a prophet, who knows, but it certainly makes a great story. The Jack of All Trades in the metaphysical world, John Constantine, performs an exorcism, sees the future, slays demons, barters with Satan, all within days of finding out he has lung cancer. What does the most powerful man in the universe do when he finds out about the cancer? Lights one up in the hospital, and shrugs his shoulders. That is pretty mucht the attitude of the entire movie, "I am bigger and better than God himself."
Based on a comic (right there you have fans of the comic who hated it before it began production) and starring Keanu Reeves (more people hate it because Keanu is not known for his acting range) Constantine is about a man who owes god a favor for keeping him out of hell after a botched suicide attempt. So now he is an exorcists and general handyman. The story is interesting, the special effects and makeup are great, Rachel Weisz is always good, Keanu was ok. This is not Shakespeare - and we know how well he did when it was, YIKES! - so he is not completely out of his league but darn close. Still, it was entertaining. Another "rent before you buy" recommendation and watch out for the giant cockroaches in hell.
FAR beneath Keanu Reeves' acting ability. Dull plot that might possibly, at a stretch, entertain all the Twilight fans out there, or those interested on the fantasy genre. An uninteresting cash generator vomited up by Hollywood. Garbage. Once again, Keanu must have been desperate for work at this point in his career.
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Constantine was an interesting and bizarre movie about demonic forces at work in the world of the future. The movie is set in urban Los Angelis sometime in the near future. John Constantine is a Catholic Priest who performs exorcisms. His unorthodox methods and behavior (he dresses more like a man in black than a catholic priest) make him a church outsider. The movie, a modern twist on the Exorcist theme, was full of catholic theology, some real and some made up. A truly excellent performance was given by Tilda Swinton as the angle Gabriel. Keanu Reeves as Constantine is what we have come to expect from his character in the Matrix.
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