Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 1.0
A Train Wreck.
Train Wreck adaptation of the vertigo comic book that has Keanu Reeves of all people playing the role of supernatural troubleshooter John Constantine, who with the help of a cop (played by Rachel Weisz) tries to stop the forces of evil from taking over the world. The script first off is so badly written that you can see the expressions on the actor's faces that they themselves can't believe on the things that they are made to say. The story makes absolutely no sense what so ever and it manages to go against itself in certain parts of the film and the climax literally destroys the entire film with one of the worse plot twist in recent memory. The direction lacks focus and certain scenes either go no where in terms of furthering the story along or are just so badly put together that you have no idea of what is going on from time to time. The acting is not very good either, with Keanu Reeves not only degrading the role of John Constantine with his stare into space demeanor but he manages to make it into a poor mans version of Dirty Harry with the delivery of his lines. He is either trying to channel Clint Eastwood into his performance or a he's a mentally retarded man who is the butt of a very cruel joke by the studio who made this film. The only decent piece of acting in this film comes from Rachel Weisz who gives way too much talent and grace with a performance that is way too deep and complex for a film that is this poorly made. Her haunting performance could have been the basis of a much better and complex horror movie and that would have been a film that I would have liked to have seen other than the train wreck that is this film. The other great performance belongs to Peter Stormare, whose three-minute cameo is a classic.Other than Weisz and Stormare, The bad word of mouth for this movie is justified.