Not as bad as everyone says!

Rating: 8/10 (11 September 2005)

Constantine is a comic book based film which shows John constantine, a supernatural detective, who has been to hell before, and can detect demons, trying to solve why Isabel Dodson(weisz) committed suicide. Dodson has a twin sister, Angela Dodson who is a policewoman (also played by Weisz). The film is definitely not the worst superhero movie, but its not the greatest either. I liked it more than The Hulk or Blade movies. I thought the special effects were great, had some good direction and cinematography, the screenplay was a bit lacking as were some of the performances. My favorite in this film was Djimon Hounsou, who although wasn't his best, still gave the best performance of the film for me. Keanu Reeves was only decent in the lead, in a performance very similar to his work in matrix series. Tilda Swinton was a bit wasted to me, while Rachel Weisz was good in my eyes, I like her much more than most peopled o. Also Shia Labeouf is going to be a star soon (if he isn't considered one already), he had some pretty good scenes. Overall this film was entertaining, had some flaws, some good acting, but for the most part i call it a "one-timer", good movie though. 8/10 #269 on my list of all-timr favorite films