Not what I expected.

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2005)

Going into this movie, I thought, great, some stupid comic book movie. I was surprised, really. While the movie did lack in some in the plot area, the scenes of Hell were fantastic and the actors were all very interesting in their respective roles. Keanu Reeves gets a lot of criticism for his sometimes wooden acting, but if you think about it, there are a lot of actors that play the same roles all the time and rarely stray into challenging roles (Orlando Bloom for example). Here as Constantine, Reeves, as a chain smoker who is sick, is very convincing as someone who has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Rachel Weisz was also very good as a sister grieving for her dead sister and her quest to find out what happened. A surprise for me was Gavin Rossdale, who I just assumed would be really bad, but he was amazing as Balthazar. So, to see this movie or not? Well, if you like Keanu Reeves, religiously based movies, or even just have a few hours to kill, I'd say "see it". However, if you like to nitpick at every little fact, are insulted or offended by movies of religious nature and hate Keanu Reeves with a passion, then obviously, don't see it.