Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 4.0
Interesting movie!
I have never read any of the `Hellblazer' comics so I had no clue as to who are the characters in the movie before watching it. However, I took that as a good thing, since I had an open mind about this movie, not knowing what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised in finding myself liking the movie while I was viewing it.John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), as a child could see demons walking the earth, and was terrified of it. He tried to commit suicide and therefore knows that he will go to hell when he dies. Having seen hell, when he grows up, he decides to help people by removing demons through exorcisms and such. Now we meet Angela (Rachel Weisz), a cop who is trying to find the reason for her twin sister's death. While watching a surveillance video of her sister Isabel before her death, Isabel mentions the name `Constantine'. Therefore, Angela meets Constantine and together, they discover what's really going on, and try to stop it before it's too late.For a debut, director Francis Lawrence did an excellent job on this film. The special effects are amazing (there are so many good ones that I can't pick out any in particular). Keanu Reeves does his usual in this movie as he did in the Matrix. It's not that he didn't act well, but he is playing the same kind of roles lately, it wasn't a big surprise that he could pull this off. Rachel Weisz acted well for her role, as did the rest of the cast. While the movie was good overall, some of the conversations in the movie, especially dealing with religion, were a little hard to follow.In general, this movie is not so bad, and seeing that there are so many pathetic movies releasing these days, this one is worth watching.