Entirely beyond redemption.
Constantine (2005)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Screenwriter: Kevin Brodbin, Frank Cappello
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner, Benjamin Melniker, Michael Uslan, Erwin Stoff, Akiva Goldsman
Composer: Brian Tyler, Klaus Badelt
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 6, 2006
Reviews
While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.
A grab bag of bits from the whole demons-and-angels spectrum.
Lawrence directs with energy, humour and an amusing eye for bizarre details - such as the fact that Hell can be accessed via the judicious use of a cat and a puddle.
Sometimes dense and impenetrable, but it also contains an unusually thoughtful consideration of the difference between faith and belief.
Constantine's incoherent plotting ruins the comicbook's frazzled, hard-bitten edge.
A stylish energy sustains this film even when it begins to drift into draggy incoherence.
While decidedly no one's idea of the John Constantine of the comics (who was originally modelled on Sting), Reeves acquits himself well enough.
A kind of gothic guerilla warfare, with moody demonologist John Constantine caught in between.
Reeves, meanwhile, has confidently entered his self-parodic period.
A little too muddled and erratically paced to command much interest. While some of the effects are cleverly worked-up, the picture seems more often to be on CGI autopilot.
Slightly better than your run-of-the-mill late winter horror film.
Virtually anyone but Reeves would have made a better John Constantine.
"Constantine" isn't about the people of the story and only uses the story as a reason to blow things up.
Constantine does generate some mid-level amusement and F/X interest in the epic battle it's based on, but has very little to show for it once the final credits role.
simplified and predictable plot that uses every pseudo-religious cliche imaginable
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