ho-hum

Rating: 1/10 (24 February 2005)

right, so we're left with a disingenuous, watered down script with an American actor as Constantine, a mangled mi sh mash of story arcs from Hellblazer (yes they are there if you look), and a vacuum of storytelling. All wrapped up in some of the most visually stunning demonology and magics you might ever see go past puritanical US censors.
I love the Hellblazer comics, but before I started to watch Constantine I had to remind myself that this wasn't made for me, in fact, it was made despite me. If you can accept that, it opens up a new way of looking at the film, and you can savour the cheap visual thrills it has to offer. If it makes even 1 person go out and start collecting Vertigo comics it'll have done something good.