Tense, witty supernatural thriller better than I expected

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2005)

Before seeing the movie I was wary with Keanu Reeves as the main character and the special effects didn't look great in the trailer.
I saw a sneak peak last night (owning POP CULTURE PARADISE which is near a major University I get many preview passes for myself and customers).
Reeves did a good job in the movie, his facial expressions and attitude were great. He wasn't the best choice for the movie, someone with a rougher looking face and a deeper voice should have been picked but that's not his fault.
I won't give any movie info away as it's not needed to say how I felt about the movie.
All you need to know is the action is fast paced, the story makes sense, the computer animation isn't the best but it doesn't bog down the movie, it uses religion nicely without being preachy and not being overly offensive to conservatives (how many times do I have to see a movie where the only person mentioning God is a deranged pervert/psycho etc...).
I will state that although I own a comic book store I have never read any HELLBLAZER comics but loyal readers at the screening told me they loved the movie. I heard a few "it was OK...." but nobody thought it was garbage.
I saw 2 free early release movies in the past week, #1 was BOOGEYMAN (I was excited to see this) and it was HORRIBLE! #2 was CONSTANTINE (I was a little wary of this one) and I was surprised how good it was compared to the latter! I will march into the Boogeyman page and destroy that one shortly! I'm still upset about my 2 hours wasted with that one :-(