Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 5.0
Constantine on how to go to Hell and Back again!
John Constantine is one character that you'll have fun watching over and over. I own this dvd and I'm glad I do. As many comic book fans probably already know John Constantine can be a man of mystery not just a man of the occult. He has many faces and shows in several different comic book plots in different forms. Overall, Constantine is a rough talking, rough riding, antihero we love to love. Is Constantine a villain or a hero? I don't think he fits into either category well because he's a mixture of both yet contains something more than those choices can provide. In this movie, you see the hoodoo believing, demon destroying, antihero Constantine. Constantine just wants to go to heaven and be done with the perils and pains of earthly life but fears that only Hell awaits him. He committed suicide as a teenager because the so-called gift of seeing demons felt more like a train wreck through fire. So Constantine decided to end the whole mess and got a first class ticket to Hell where the fire seers you to a crispy corpse.Constantine was brought back only to forever remember the glimpse of hell. He even has a one way open invitation back to Hell as soon as he dies. Now that's the kind of bargain no one wants. So Constantine basically spends most of his time sending demons back to Hell and fearing his beat down for doing it once he reaches Hell with them. His quirky sidekick Chas (who looks deceptively younger than he's supposed to according to the comic books) is played by Shia Labeouf. Shia does a good job in here for the little screen time he has but he proves himself to be worth watching. Midnight played by Djimon Hounsou looks so cool! He gives a great performance for his short screen time and adds a deeper flavor of coolness and masculine drive that powers the seriousness of the storyline home.I would suggest this movie for anyone who wants to see Keanu Reeves managing to make a decent Constantine. You won't be screaming in anger at this one, you'll want to get those cool tattoos on Keanu's forearms and chant, "Into the light I command thee!" over and over. Most importantly watch this movie if you want to know how to go to Hell just to see what it looks like. Constantine will show you how to do it, it involves a cat, some water.....hmmm anyways, watch to find out.