Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 3.0
Great Expectations
Perhaps the scathing reviews this movie is getting are due to high expectiations being disappointed, but, going in with no expectations, I actually enjoyed it. The plot is, admittedly, deeply flawed...in fact the entire idea of the cross-eyed Mexican finding the Spear of Destiny, the priest's death in the convenience store and the angel Gabriel's betrayal were useless and pointless. However, the script, while not particularly inspiring, was often funny. I thought that Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, and Rachel Weisz all did reasonably good jobs (I have to admit though, I didn't see anything spectacular about Weisz's performance, as so many others seemed to...) and Peter Stormare as the devil was well cast and well played. Constantine certainly wasn't a masterpiece, in any way, but I found it a funny, interesting film.