Keanu Reeves gives us his trademark Neo character in a new movie about supernatural forces.

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2005)

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz So, how long has it been since our boy Keanu did the Matrix movies? Couple years, right? Well folks, his acting skills have not exactly improved much in that short amount of time. All the same, I don't think he's as horrible as everyone else seems to think. Sure, he's not great, but there are MANY people who are far worse. Anyway, on to the review.
John Constantine (Reeves) is a man who has been to Hell and back. Literally. As the tagline says, "Hell wants him, heaven won't take him, earth needs him." Constantine is stuck on this planet sending demons back to Hell. Basically, he's an exorcist, plus a little bit more.
Then a woman (Weisz) comes to him with an interesting case about a girl who seems to have committed suicide. One particularly interesting thing about the case is that before she jumped off the building, she said Constantine's name. Odd? Perhaps. The girl is Angela's (Weisz) sister, and Angela desperately wants to discover the truth about her death, because as a devout Catholic, she believes her sister's soul would be going straight to Hell if it was a suicide.
This movie isn't terribly huge on plot. Were you really expecting it to be if it's starring Keanu Reeves? I mean, c'mon, the guy can't exactly act terribly well. However, despite the fact that EVERYBODY on IMDb is bashing our boy Keanu for his shoddy acting, I don't find it to be all that bad, and for the most part, in this movie, it worked.
The movie is a very interesting and very twisted journey through Christianity from a Catholic perspective. It raises questions about the reality of good and evil forces existing in our world as we know it. Are Satan and God really sparring here on Earth? Is this the battleground of the supernatural realm? Maybe.
The special effects in this movie are pretty good, the acting is okay from some people (particularly those who have a lead role) and exceptional from others, like Rachel Weisz. I'd go watch it in the theater again, because I thought it was a pretty cool ride.
Just don't expect to have to think much.
Bottom Line: 3.5 out of 4 (worth a look)