instinctual movie

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2005)

no matter what you think about the comics beware : there' s no big liaison between them and the movie.
Somehow dark but nice filmed overall, Constantine is an exercise of visual art. Amazing shooting angles and stylish Fx. Sound is medium but not disturbing at some moments even exceeding expectations.
Now the plot is far from excellent but i think this movie can satisfy it's targeted audience. Forget what you already knew about sanctity and biblical laws, sit in your favorite chair and watch a decadent world where everybody seems to have another goal than declared. Reeves may not be the perfect "John Constantine" but it fairly good in its part. Weisz seems perfect here where she compensates reeves's mistakes. Nice finale, where you could unexpected raise your eyebrows by cause of an interesting turn-back. Overall catchy movie although possibly not what you really expected when you first saw the trailer. But, as said above the movie is the right thing for the targeted audience( far above any van helsing & Co. )