I was born with this curse...

Rating: 4/10 (25 August 2005)

... and unfortunately it showed in this mediocre attempt at the "end of days" genre. The writing and direction in this film are all over the place, despite the incredible source material of Alan Moore's popular "Hellblazer" comic book series. Keanu Reeves is plastic and predictable as chain-smoking demon fighter John Constantine and the effects in this movie rely far too much on the same stop action and slow motion clichés that were exploited to death in "The Matrix". There are two performances which keep this movie from being a one-star mutt... Rachel Weisz is superb within the restraints of the dead script, elevating the material as much as possible, and Tilda Swinton shines as a creepily androgynous Archangel Gabriel. Other than that this film simply missed the mark.