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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence and demonic images

Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Feb 18, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $75,500,759

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... 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 (KEANU REEVES) was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision. But he failed. Resuscitated against his will, he found himself cast back into the land of the living. Now, marked as an attempted suicide with a temporary lease on life, he patrols the earthly border between heaven and hell, hoping in vain to earn his way to salvation by sending the devil's foot soldiers back to the depths. But Constantine is no saint. Disillusioned by the world around him and at odds with the one beyond, he's a hard-drinking, hard-living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism. Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn't want your admiration or your thanks – and certainly not your sympathy. -- © Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Djimon Hounsou, Gavin Rossdale, Peter Stormare

Director: Francis Lawrence

Director: Francis Lawrence
Screenwriter: Kevin Brodbin, Frank Cappello
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner, Benjamin Melniker, Michael Uslan, Erwin Stoff, Akiva Goldsman
Composer: Brian Tyler, Klaus Badelt
Studio: Warner Bros.

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  • Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels and written by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, Constantine tells the story of John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has literally been to hell and back. When he teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost.
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    04/29/09
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Cinema Crazed

    The prime conceit of the movie is its gallows humor that seeps out like clotting blood from a decomposing corpse.

    Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
    04/18/09
    Cole Smithey
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    10/18/08
    Brian Lowry
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    10/18/08
    Joe Lozito
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    10/18/08
    Andrew Sarris
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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 Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
    08/22/08
    Daniel Etherington
    Daniel Etherington
    Channel 4 Film

    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 Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
    08/22/08
    Richard Corliss
    Richard Corliss
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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 Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
    07/07/08
    Steve Biodrowski
    Steve Biodrowski
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    Peaks early, then descends into portentous nonsense.

    Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
    11/05/07
    David Ansen
    David Ansen
    Newsweek
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    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 Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    07/30/07
    Rob Gonsalves
    Rob Gonsalves
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    A kind of gothic guerilla warfare, with moody demonologist John Constantine caught in between.

    Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
    05/21/07
    Prairie Miller
    Prairie Miller
    Long Island Press

    full review in Greek

    Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
    10/03/06
    Joseph Proimakis
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    Entirely beyond redemption.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    06/24/06
    Time Out

    Reeves, meanwhile, has confidently entered his self-parodic period.

    Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
    05/12/06
    Ken Tucker
    Ken Tucker
    New York Magazine
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    While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    04/01/06
    Empire Magazine

    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.

    Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
    02/07/06
    Kurt Loder
    Kurt Loder
    MTV

    It's occasionally cheesy, sometimes enjoyable, intermittently scary, and constantly spiked with celestial blatherskite.

    Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
    01/17/06
    Sydney Morning Herald

    Slightly better than your run-of-the-mill late winter horror film.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/06/05
    Pete Vonder Haar
    Pete Vonder Haar
    Film Threat

    Virtually anyone but Reeves would have made a better John Constantine.

    Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
    09/26/05
    Tasha Robinson
    Tasha Robinson
    AV Club

    "Constantine" isn't about the people of the story and only uses the story as a reason to blow things up.

    Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
    08/07/05
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