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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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    Reeves once again bears the sins of man for heavenly good, this time with attitude

    Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Laura Clifford
    Laura Clifford
    Reeling Reviews

    The much-maligned Reeves gives a subdued, convincing performance.

    Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Paul Doro
    Paul Doro
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    So where are we? In two hours of Dullsville, as Sinatra used to say.

    Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Mike Clark
    Mike Clark
    USA Today
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    Lawrence keeps the story on track and doesn't cheat the world of Constantine, which embraces good, evil, unforgiving judgment and the human ambiguities that offer the possibility for forgiveness.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Sean Axmaker
    Sean Axmaker
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    Despite some witty special effects and a appealing concept, Constantine meanders in too many directions to make much sense even to itself.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Carina Chocano
    Carina Chocano
    Los Angeles Times
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    Reasonably satisfying cinematic junk food...enough crackerjack sequences and admirably trippy rhythms for a recommendation.

    Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Peter Canavese
    Peter Canavese
    Groucho Reviews

    It's all about the visuals and the attitude, and both are are cool and striking, reflecting its comic book origins and music video sensibilities.

    Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Nell Minow
    Nell Minow
    Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    Keanu Reeves brings a gravity to John Constantine that makes Neo -- his cheerless character in the Matrix movies -- now appear to be the height of the actor's madcap Jerry Lewis period. Hey Hayyyy-deees!

    Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Bruce Newman
    Bruce Newman
    San Jose Mercury News
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    Occult detective John Constantine (Reeves) has seen it all and responds to the most hideous threat with a puff on his cigarette and a self-assured leap into the abyss.

    Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Bill Muller
    Bill Muller
    Arizona Republic
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    Borderline incoherent, theologically unsatisfying, and short to the point of dwarfism on suspense.

    Full Review Source: Slate | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    David Edelstein
    David Edelstein
    Slate

    Keanu Reeves plays a haunted, expressionless traveler in an overblown theological thriller based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    A.O. Scott
    A.O. Scott
    New York Times
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    Constantine deals, at least in part, with its title character's attempt to cross over from hell to heaven. But there's no uncertainty about the movie's fate. It quickly heads south.

    Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Philip Wuntch
    Philip Wuntch
    Dallas Morning News
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    Takes too long telling a story that could have delivered maximum impact in less time.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Gene Seymour
    Gene Seymour
    Newsday
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    The screenplay by Frank A. Cappello and Kevin Brodbin is only interesting for a few characters, hardly the story.

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Desson Thomson
    Desson Thomson
    Washington Post
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    The story is a retread of the old Exorcist and Omen formats, but it delivers as much action and spectacle as fans of the genre could want.

    Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    David Sterritt
    David Sterritt
    Christian Science Monitor

    This supernatural, super-noir thriller has been shot beautifully (by Philippe Rousselot), and directed with enjoyable, crazy-angled aplomb by Francis Lawrence.

    Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Steven Rea
    Steven Rea
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    The stylized, almost film noir design uses extreme close-ups and bizarro angles to give us the feeling you get from the best comics, the feeling that we are seeing everything from an angle that is perfect, unexpected and new.

    Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
    Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
    St. Paul Pioneer Press

    It may not be the first great movie of 2005, but it is certainly the first really entertaining one.

    Full Review Source: LYTRules.com | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Luke Y. Thompson
    Luke Y. Thompson
    LYTRules.com

    Hellacious, audacious, visually stunning and deeply wiggy, Constantine is a miracle, a comic-book movie for smart people.

    Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Colin Covert
    Colin Covert
    Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Though the story is potentially fascinating and the visuals sometimes spellbinding, the movie itself is stranded in the purgatory of the second-rate.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
    02/17/05
    Michael Wilmington
    Michael Wilmington
    Chicago Tribune
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