Constantine (DVD)

Film review only. I had not heard of this film before, or the comic book series Hellblazer which it's loosely based on. I do like a good horror film though and as I'm a fan of Keanu Reeves I thought it worth watching on ITV last night. Rated as an R, I thought I was in for some scares and I wasn't disappointed. The Plot. The film opens with a young Mexican man finding an unusual object we later find out is the legendary Spear of Destiny, the spear that pierced Christ's body on the Cross. From that moment he is possessed and makes his way to Los Angles where some heavy demonic activity is disturbing the balance of good and evil. Fighting ...  Read the complete review

Forget the fan boy fury. The decision to cast Keanu Reeves as the blond, British chain-smoking John Constantine is not what sinks this film. It's the fact it's a big steaming pile of cow dung that does that. You could have cast the blondest, most British actor you could think of and it wouldn't have changed a thing. True Reeves doesn't help, with a staggeringly wooden performance, even by his standards. In the comics, John Constantine is bitter, cynical and sarcastic; in Reeves World, he has no personality. In the comics, he is a somewhat tragic, sympathetic character; in Keanu Land, emotion is something to do with a bowel movement caused by illegal ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever felt watched when no one was there, or felt like the rope in a game of tug-of-war where you can't see the players? Have you ever felt as if there was more going on just below the surface of the life you could see all around you? John Constantine's life is a tribute to the thought that maybe we should just be grateful that we don't see beyond that surface! The Story John was born with the ability to see beyond the surface of reality. What does this mean? It means he probably had to struggle from a very young age not to give in to madness! It also means that he could always see the influence brokers as he's come to call them. Those ...  Read the complete review

Ok I have never read the comics, so cannot tell you how true to the comic the movie is (according the other reviews though - not true at all lol). In a world where Demons and Angels exist, there is John Constantine, a guy who once committed suicide, yep the mortal sin, as he could see these demons and wanted a way out. He died and went to Hell but was revived. Knowing exactly where he is going for his sin, John tries to 'buy' his way into Heaven and back into God's good books by sending demons back down to Hell. He is running out of time though as he actually is dying of lung cancer. Enter Angela, who's identical twin has ...  Read the complete review

**The Plot** John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) was born with the ability to see demons and angels walking this earth. John does not see this as a gift, and when he was younger he couldn't take the burden any longer and so tried to commit suicide. Unfortunately for John, he was saved from death, and must atone for his mistake. John is given powers which make him able to take on most demons. Whenever a demon breaks the rules he exorcises them and sends them back to hell. John is well known to the police for being involved with the occult, and when Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) asks him for help, he knows its not for anything else but that. Angela ...  Read the complete review