A very underrated and unappreciated film

Rating: 9/10 (26 February 2007)

Constantine blends an enthralling story with great eye-candy in this blade runner type of film. Keanu Reeves plays John Constantine- a character born or tormented with the gift to see ghosts and deport them back to hell. The movie originally based on the DC Comic: "Hellblazer", which illustrates a different view of the Catholic Religion. The setting of this dark and creepy view of good and evil is not only intriguing but intelligent. I thought the movie was beautiful with the visual and sound effects, especially during the Holy Water and View of Hell scenes. The screenplay was well scripted and illustrated. The performances of Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia Lebouf, and Djimon Hounsou were terrific. Reeves portray the Constantine perfectly and even though people give a bad rap for being a bad actor, I don't personally think that their could have been a better man to portray his character.
Furthermore, the movie is so underrated and unappreciated because everybody who saw the trailer thought this movie was going to be another run 'em up, shoot 'em up type movie, but it's not. The movie views a serious topic in a darker, but yet, a super hero type of way. The movie is a lot deeper than it lets on because who ever has read the bible and knows the stories of catholic religion, know that sone of the facts in the movie is true. For example, the true story of the Crucifixion. Also, the sub-part of the movie about the appreciation and meaning of life gives the movie more depth. All and all, I think this movie does not get the proper credit due to the injustice of what it represented on the outside.