Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 3.0
Okay, but no Hellblazer
Calling this movie a "comic book" movie is almost a lie. This movie relates to the Hellblazer comics about as much as "Batman and Robin" related to the Batman comics. If you don't believe me, John Constantine is supposed to be a Brit with blonde hair. Does that description match a very American, brown haired Keanu Reeves living in Los Angeles? No.Once you get past the fact that this movie is NOT a big-screen adaptation of the Hellblazer comics, I thought it was a fairly enjoyable movie. It's basically the Matrix only in modern-day L.A. and Hell. Keanu does a perfectly Keanu-rific job of moping his way through a movie being angry that he is going to die and go to hell because of the sins of his early life. The difference between Keanu's John Constantine and the rest of the world is that HE KNOWS there is a Heaven and a Hell and he knows where he's going when his time is up (which is quickly approaching).I enjoyed this movie and thought it was worth buying for anyone who is a fan of Keanu Reeves or Heaven/Hell mythology. It was better than earlier "comic" movies that dealt with this dark subjects (ie: Spawn) but not as good as more recent "dark" comic flicks such as "Batman Begins" and/or "Sin City." If you want to watch an effects driven film, this could be for you, but if you want pure Hellblazer in movie form, don't keep your hopes up, this movie will let you down.