Stellar Hellfire

Rating: 7/10 (13 March 2005)

Keanu Reeves of Matrix and Surfing Lore ... "My name  is Constantine!"
In CONSTANTINE Keanu Reeves is like cynical long lost son of Clark Kent, except the poor boy got lost down some Eastern Religious escapade. This movie comes hot off the trails of Matrix, so you know that a veteran of the credit card industry is going to smash head first into the grain.
The memorable parts of the movie are the following. Tilda Swinton who plays Gabriel is an angel of death, yeah! The room full of hellions was really cool. They all had contacts and fangs like vampires from Salem's Lot. Did I mention the color purple, as in purple veins?
Another nice treat is that if you pause CONSTANTINE at specific moments you can actually see Keanu Reeves' face making some new expressions. You might even say, hey, he's doing Clint Eastwood or Robert DeNiro or something  I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think he's finally putting some energy to his facial expressions! Could it be a smile? As if saying that the industry is going to hell?
JY
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