'What kind of mental patient kills themselves?'.......

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2014)

John Constantine is an exorcist who has literally been to Hell and back, and his soul is sentenced to hell.
He has been deporting demons to get on good terms with God, yet God wants self- sacrifice. After the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, detective Angela Dodson goes out in search of the truth.
Together, Constantine and Angela battle the demons on Earth.....
Seeing the film almost ten years after its initial release, you realise it wasn't as good as you remembered. It's an event movie, nothing else, and and I'm guessing that if you saw it on its theatrical run, many of you were hoping for Neo: Kung Fu Exorcist...
Lawrence has a wonderful eye, and the film is beautiful to look at, he'll is awe-inspiring, and the beginning of the film when the spear of destiny is discovered, owes more than a little to The Exorcist.
There are no real set pieces to speak of, just scenes that make you sit up and takes notice. Weisz being dragged though the walls, the burning of Moses' cloth to get rid of the demons, and Vinces demise thanks to his drink problem.
But scenes like this, do not make a great film, they show potential, and the film has it in droves, but come the end, it just feels like they were more worried about starting a franchise, rather than plot development.
Even though his character is terminally ill, and condemned to Hell, Reeves puts in a rather smug performance as the Liverpudlian Exorcist (adjusted for Hollywood), and walks around with a swagger as if to say 'here's a new franchise for me, cheers Warners'. And as usual, he's as good as expected.
The rest of the cast though are wonderful. Weisz puts in a great performance as the troubled cop, and Stormare and Swinton own the film with their short screen time.
All in all, its a fun movie, but the potential is screaming at you like a trapped demon.