Constantine (2005)
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Reviews Counted:207
Fresh:94
Rotten:113
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Despite solid production values and an intriguing premise, Constantine lacks the focus of another spiritual shoot-em-up, The Matrix.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine... [More]
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton
Director: Francis Lawrence
Reviews for Constantine
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It's just sad that a movie ostensibly based on a frequently intelligent comic book should end up a no-brainer. Full Review |
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3/5 |
While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale. Full Review |
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A grab bag of bits from the whole demons-and-angels spectrum. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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68/100 |
Sometimes dense and impenetrable, but it also contains an unusually thoughtful consideration of the difference between faith and belief. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Constantine's incoherent plotting ruins the comicbook's frazzled, hard-bitten edge. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
A stylish energy sustains this film even when it begins to drift into draggy incoherence. Full Review |
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C+ |
The prime conceit of the movie is its gallows humor that seeps out like clotting blood from a decomposing corpse. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
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Halfway through Constantine, a fully clad Keanu Reeves steps into a shallow pail of water, sits on a chair next to it and holds a cat in his lap. Full Review |
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This film combines elements of comic book fantasy with horror to create an enjoyable brew - sort of a film noir version of The Exorcist, crossbred with the stylization of The Matrix. Full Review |
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Peaks early, then descends into portentous nonsense. Full Review |
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4/5 |
While decidedly no one's idea of the John Constantine of the comics (who was originally modelled on Sting), Reeves acquits himself well enough. Full Review |
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A kind of gothic guerilla warfare, with moody demonologist John Constantine caught in between. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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Reeves, meanwhile, has confidently entered his self-parodic period. Full Review |
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