The Devil DOES exist and so Kenau's acting ability!

Rating: Null/10 (27 February 2005)

Hey I want John Constantine's day job, it sure makes my job of writing marketing copy for IT companies seem so boring now! Gifted demon-seer, Constantine (played by Kenau Reeves) gets to see Angels and Demons wherever he goes, which means even the most boring of activities - such as riding a bus - like a day at the freak show. A well constructed plot and fast moving story line, I loved this movie. Our eyes were filled with rich imagery of heaven and hell and demonic onslaught within the 'earth plane'. But wait there's more! Some hilarious dialogue is thrown in along the way; at one point in the movie, Constantine announces, "I just pulled a demon soldier out of a little girl!" and tells us more than once - "I've been seeing some unusual soul traffic lately." Tilda Swinton plays, the archangel Gabriel (although looking a lot like Mick Hucknall, lead singer of Simply Red) and Satan's henchman Balthazar (Gavin Rossdale, the lead singer of the band Bush, which I thought was kinda cool) put in appearances. Satan (played by Peter Stormare) is brilliant as the diabolical Lord of The Demons himself, Satan and puts in a a very casual appearance bohmenian in style sporting a brilliant white suit and sooty bare feet. Satan is cool, crazy and a crack up! When Constantine asks if he can have a cigarette, the original Lord of Hell sneers that it's fine with him, and says "I've got stock." Lo and behold! What would an action packed movie be without a ridiculous looking firearm. Constantine is given a solid gold gun, that fires real gold bullets and of course its accessorised so that it looks just like a small crucifix(no Jesus), very cheesy but fun! The only real let-down in the movie is, Rachel Weisz (from The Mummy series) plays Angela Dodson, a police woman who's trying to prove that her sister's recent death was not suicide. She was absolute rubbish in this role unfortunately.