Very interesting idea that could have used development - A good comic book adaption.

Rating: 7/10 (23 July 2005)

This movie was very interesting I thought. The plot is very confusing but if you pay very close attention then you can understand it. Basically what this movie is about is Heaven and Hell. John Constantine had visions of demons as a child and soon tried to commit suicide, which is considered a mortal sin. However after the attempt doctors revived him. He was dead for 2 minutes and he spent those two minutes in Hell, and basically after seeing how horrible Hell was he never wanted to go back. So in a desperate attempt to buy his way into Heaven, he fights off the demons that are trying to cross over into the real world. The story tells us that there is a demon in every bad man and an angel in every good one. So when the demons attempt to come through, Constantine kills them off. But this still isn't good enough to get into Heaven. In the beginning an angel named Gabriel tells John that he can't buy his way into Heaven. John asks what he can do and Gabriel said self sacrifice. And then she tells him he's f***** which I found funny because she's an angel. But anyway...In the end just before the spawn of Satan is release, Constantine meets the devil. (Quick reminder that Hell wants him) The girl he's been with, Angela, has a sister who did the same thing that John did, committed suicide because of the visions she had. Constantine said that as long as she can go to Heaven instead of Hell, he'll go to Hell with him. However that is considered a self sacrifice and before the Devil can take him, He dies and goes to Heaven...briefly. Satan revives him, say that he's going to keep Constantine on the earth until he shows that he belongs in Hell. Cliffhanger, No?
OK well I enjoyed this movie. There could have been more action but it actually was much more a suspenseful movie than it was action or horror. However if that is what Hell is really like I'm afraid to go there too. No folks this is no "Little Nicky" Hell. This is a terrifying portrait of Hell. It creeped me out at least.
CAST
CONSTANTINE: The acting is okay. Keanu Reeves, although I honestly think he could use some acting lessons, is the perfect person to play the part of Constantine. He's not tormented by the things he sees, he almost sees them as playmates. Just more fun. And he does portray that well. 8/10
ANGELA: Rachel Weisz does an okay job in this movie. To be honest I appreciated her role in the mummy more than in Constantine. In the end she just had no effect on me. I wouldn't have care if she died. But she did an okay job in showing how much she cared for her sister, and how much she really wished she could have helped her. 5/10
CHAS: Shia LaBeouf is going to be a big star when he gets older. He becomes a bigger part of this movie towards the end and he didn't really have much to portray, but he plays his part perfectly. An eager kid wanting to be like John Constantine. "If you're sitting on the bench you gotta be ready to play, right?" -Best quote in the movie. I was like "YES! Shia's gonna play a bigger part." 9/10 So all in all, good movie that could have used development around the plot points. 7.5/10