Potential great, product incomplete

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2005)

When watching a movie like this one you often see the potential for the movie to take a unique route. This movie always seems to approach them and when it comes time for this movie to be truly unique it chooses to settle for corny action sequences and dull dialog. Keanu Reeves, for one of the few times in his career, does fit the role played fairly well the only problem is his acting range is so dull it really offers no ability for the director to expand on the character of Constantine. The movie does add lots of flashy special effects in order to try and grab its audiences attention but these effects are often predictable, dull, and in some cases just unnecessary. The movie does add a variety of sidekicks and villains to the film but ultimately their point is nothing more than to slowly move this dimwitted plot along. Now I am not saying this movie is horrid by any means, in fact at points its enjoyable but its predictable nature and plot/dialog shortcomings leave this film at the middle of the road. In all honesty wait for video or HBO to have the movie.