Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 3.0
Three Stars
When I was a teenager I would sew garments, and my Grandma would point out the sloppy parts saying "Take your thread ripper and undo this part and resew it." I always hated that, but I knew the garment would be better after I fixed it. The guys who made this movie needed a Grandma to gently tell them to rip out the sloppy parts and redo them. I thought this movie was compelling entertainment until the scene where Angela gets dropped into the same pool where her sister died. After that the movie becomes a screeching train wreck; there's a wierd mish-mash of events clumsily crashing into each other. You wince and look away, wondering why, oh why did they not take some time to work out the ending so that it was as good as the beginning?Despite that, this film has a lot of artistry to recommend it. The creators did a wonderful job of establishing a creepy, somber mood with the sets, music, costumes and dialog. The lead characters do a wonderful job with the material they are given. The secondary characters are quirky and interesting. The special effects are out of this world - heh. This film had a lot of potential and I would love to see a sequel where all the problems that plague #1 have been worked out.