Not as good as it could have been.

Rating: 5/10 (20 February 2005)

There are some likable moments in this movie. The supporting characters and some images here and there aren't bad. Even Keanu Reaves is half-decent as a reasonably noirish hero/anti-hero.
But he's no John Constantine.
No, this isn't just a British thing. If you're going to cast an American as Constantine, then the guy who plays Sawyer on "Lost" would be an excellent choice. Yes, Constantine can be dragged down into despair, confusion and guilt. But he's also a trickster figure who sometimes revels in being a jerk. He can get passionately angry, anti-authoritarian and well... show a range of emotions. That's the Constantine of the Hellblazer comic I'm describing, not the guy in this film.
There are bits of Constantine's filmic world that I like, but it seems like there are giant holes in both the plot and the metaphysics here.
Still the movie is a lot better than Catwoman.