Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 4.0
An Occult Thriller, Not an Outright Horror Film
I found this movie to be fascinating and thought-provoking since I am interested in the treatment of Christian dogma in film. While it had its horrific moments, I wanted to see this film because I wanted to see how Hell, devils and angels were represented. (I happened to love PROPHECY as well -- the one with Christopher Walken as a lethal Angel Gabriel) and this picture reminded me of it. I thought Keanu Reeves was perfectly cast. A flawed hero. And his verbal exchanges with the the Supernatural Hosts were sharply funny and darkly witty.I give it a 4 because I thought there should have been more of a backstory to that Knife they found at the beginning of the film, that monster of bugs was too CGI and I couldn't figure out about Hounsou's special chair. Some memorable moments were the passwords you require to get into Hounsou's bar, Lucifer's whole scene; the use of Holy Weaponry. The atmosphere of the picture gave me some idea of what its like to Be John Constantine. The person I saw this pic with was a Jesuit and he loved it. He's buying the DVD because its so full of fascinating detail that only a Jesuit would appreciate (its apparently very popular at the seminary.)Whether or not it was faithful to the graphic novels it was adapted from, we were both delighted with this film and it stands on its own.