The movie pulls no punches when it comes to biblical prophecy, black comedy and artistic visuals. And that's totally killer.
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
Occasionally, Reeves forgets what movie he's in and strikes a Neo-like pose.
Peppered with so many neat touches, it almost doesn't matter the story is a muddle.
An imaginative, if overstuffed attempt to chart the boundaries of American spiritual life.
In the end, Constantine is an intense theme park ride into the abyss of Hell -- for no reason other than to feel the heat.
There is no person in movie history who has devoted more time to defending civilization from evil and obliteration than Keanu Reeves, or who has spent more time shifting between spiritual, perceptual and historical planes to do the job right proper.
You have to die a little to catch a glimpse of the depths of hell... or this movie. Bless them Father, for they have sinned.
Reeves plays one of the comic-book world's most intriguing antiheroes in an adaptation that isn't the massive screw-up fans rightfully expected, but has a cool-to-silly ratio that's just barely acceptable.
The movie isn't hellish, because there's always hope of leaving it. It's more like purgatory, two whole hours of it.
The year is young, but it's never too soon for the Worst of the Year party. Crashing through the door, a balloon in its ear and a plastic devil doll up its nose, comes 2005's early achiever.
Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore, and we're not in hell. It's only California.
Under [Reeves’] laconic surfer-dude exterior lies a performer capable of seething rage and even some wit.
Any movie that casts Tilda Swinton as the angel Gabriel has its heart in the right place and a serious screw loose -- two things worth wishing for any time you lay your eight bucks down.
It's a ponderous bore. Dull dialogue, dull situations and a serious lack of urgency hinder what should be a high-stakes slice of pseudo-religious heresy.
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