Keanu is his good old Matrixy self

Rating: 7/10 (19 February 2005)

Constantine is really more about the guys behind the camera than what's going on in front of it. There's some awesome cinematography that will appeal to anyone with a taste for darker movies. There's some tasteful use of unusually-angled camera angles that actually add to the film, and some really smooth depictions of hell and demons. Some of the special effects really are mindblowing.
But, you can't help feel that this Keanu is just a slightly more spiritual version of Neo from the Matrix - the role doesn't stretch him much, and he spends a lot of time playing his character a little too deadpan and emotionless for one supposedly so conflicted.
The story itself has an interesting plot to it (probably better than most comic book-based movies) but is detracted from by some truly awful clichéd lines scattered throughout the movie. The end was disappointing too - it really wasn't wrapped up well.
So all in all, yeah, it's a good movie to go watch, but just don't go in expecting a masterpiece.