This is by no means a perfect movie, but it’s stylish, eerie, and better acted than you might expect. It also has at least half a brain in its head.
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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Jul 19, 2005
Reviews for Constantine
OK, the movie is too long and pretty silly, but it's also a good deal of fun.
While the tone stays faithful to Alan Moore’s “Hellblazer” series, the film doesn’t really work because Reeves is the wrong guy to play the title character.
Unnecessarily complex in parts, Constantine still delivers a supernatural wallop, fueling a never-ending fascination with what lies beyond our world.
"Constantine" isn't a movie, per se; it's a stunt with eye-catching effects that work to lure in audiences, those who, after seeing this beauty, will be the real lost souls.
Though I have a soft spot for Keanu Reeves there’s no denying this is one of his worst performances... sounding dopier than usual.
...painted in such broad strokes that potentially exciting context becomes little more than incessant hogwash.
Save yourself the cash on this one; it's too silly to be scary and too stupid to be watchable.
Those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comic-based films in some time.
Constantine provides a novel twist on the typical comic book movie until it collapses under its own goofy logic
I especially enjoyed the great special effects as Constantine battles the demons. Be sure to stay through the end credits for a special scene.
A cut above the typical apocalyptic thrillers that rolled off the assembly line with regularity in 1999.
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