Angels and demons

Rating: 5/10 (17 July 2014)

Constantine is a comic book adaptation. John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a supernatural exorcist who has been to hell and back when he attempted suicide and battles demons in order that this may be his only way to win a place in heaven. By committing suicide he committed a sin.
When a detective Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) whose twin sister has killed herself asks for Constantine's help he realises there is more to her death and pretty soon demons are unleashed and his own friends are dying in a gory way.
Its a supernatural thriller with some gory deaths, good special effects and even a cameo by Satan as played by Peter Stormare. There is some odd pacing which makes the story drag, some nifty moves taking the film out of the biblical text. When Constantine goes to a room in Djimon Hounsou's club the setting becomes all Arabic and he even faces east when he enters his vision.
Reeves plays the title character as a person who is bored with life, Tilda Swinton plays the angel Gabriel as more vengeful in an effective cameo.