Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 5.0
excellent movie worth your time, underrated
Constantine is an excellent and very refreshing movie; the plot is strong and good, the acting is fine, and the atmosphere and special effect done very skillfully. In the flood of recent movie production this title stands out - it doesn't need to catch your attention with streams of blood and gore as it became nearly mandatory and so common these days.John Constantine is a full-time exorcist who takes on evil forces with great experience and talent. He was born with skills to be able to see the dark forces; in the childhood he regrettably attempted a suicide - a mortal sin that prevents him to enter heaven when he dies - so he dedicates his life to fight the dark forces, and also hopes that his achievements may help him to reopen his way to heaven. Anyway, during what seems to be a routine "service call" to treat a possessed girl, he encounters one of the unusual and more dangerous demons that are not supposed to be normally entering our world - and John Constantine senses that something bigger is up... his judgment proves right, and John has full hands to deal with the upcoming and quickly worsening situation... The strong part of this movie is the way how supernatural matters are presented here - sort of everyday' bread, casual stuff, and with certain dark humor underlying it - the exorcist takes himself half seriously, he's a chain smoking guy, he does his job but he's not the real "hero", he's more of a guy to do the job when needed and as he sees it fit. The instruments of his trade and tricks he uses in his profession are "casual" as well and include a cat & bucket of water or an electric chair as travel devices to hell, his weaponry includes custom cast bullets, flamethrower built from crucifix, holy water sprayed directly or dispersed through the fire sprinkler system... I watched this movie twice few months apart and enjoyed it both times while being able to catch more story details during the second viewing.I'm not familiar with the comic book Hellblazer, the movie is all I'm reviewing here. Constantine appears to be rated very poorly by many reviewers around here - I think the movie is well underrated, and I'm giving it full 5 stars that it in my opinion deserves.