Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 5.0
Great horror movie...
I never read the comics, but I love horror movies. I don't consider hack and slash movies horror, so when I go to watch a horror movie I want to see real life situations and truly creepy horror. And what better direction to go than the battle between good and evil. I had reservations since it got about a 50% reception on a popular movie review site (*cough* tomatoes *cough*) but I went to watch it anyway and I was pleasantly surprised. It has the right amount of scary parts and humor as well as drama and action. All of these make the movie just a treat to watch. It's the best horror movie I've seen in quite some time (since Frailty). It succeeds in being serious and not taking itself seriously at the same time. The director/screen writer has a knack for horror humor which just blew me away. This is an instant classing in my mind because it has so many elements of horror lacking in movies today. I give it five stars because I left the movie with a grin on my face and I was laughing all the way home at the humor in it. The atmosphere of the movie and everything about it is just awesome. I guess I've been hungry for this kind of horror for a long time. Not since the Prophecy series have we seen this sort of struggle in a movie. I just hope they don't make a series out of this one, because... like movies like Stargate, it's timeless and a complete story on its own. Reeves plays a convincing role... and captures a bit of Clint Eastwood in his performance. Rachel is... well, Rachel. She seems to fit into any role you put her in. The choices for Gabriel and Satan fit the movie to a tee. Just go watch it and decide for yourself. It was money well spent for me. I'm gonna own this one on DVD.