I'm torn ....

Rating: 7/10 (27 July 2014)

I watched it recently for the first time and I don't know the Hellblazers comics very well but I expected a dark but funny movie - similar to Hellboy, a bit edgier and more subtle humor. It was dark and overall a good, also the lines weren't bad, but dead pan delivery is not something Reeves can do and thus the whole thing suffered. Weisz performance was great and I liked the story and the visuals, but again you only see a lot of wasted potential when it comes to the lead performance. His tick with the Zippo is getting annoying really fast and his lines come off as something a juvenile brat would say. Which is again a lot of wasted potential considering the intriguing premise for Constantine's character, with a Machiavellian approach to find redemption and ultimately salvation.