Quick flashes of CG wont hide this garbage

Rating: 3/10 (3 October 2005)

Constantine has to be the worst abuse of American cinema on a British comic I have ever seen. Nothing was kept true to the comic, and Keanu Reeves has about as much attitude and cockiness as a solid hunk of wood. John Constantine, in the comics, is a character who just reeks of attitude and is haunted by his past, and doesn't rely on macho fighting etc, and NONE of this is captured in the writing of his character. The casting and plot are both awful (well, at least the script flowed, which is why this didn't get a 1) but what is the deal with Rachel Weisz? She was so unnecessary, and Constantine, as they say in the comics, wouldn't give 2 tugs of a dead dogs c*** about her if you know what I mean. The only thing this really has going for it is some cool special effects, and good (although illogical writing) script flow. My opinion, they should have had Garth Ennis, Jamie Delano, Alan Moore, etc, ANYONE who actually had a hand in writing the comic to be involved with the script, and casted Ewan MacGregor as Constantine. Then you'd have an 8.5/10 for this movie, easily.