Product: Constantine [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 3.0
The Matrix it is not.
I am a MATRIX fanatic and went into this movie with expectations that were a little too high I think. After watching the movie and then reading a couple of the incredibly LONG reviews left on this site I realized that my initial thought of rating this movie a "1" really wasn't fair. The movie is a decent action/sci fi flick with a truly memorable and notable performance by Rachel Weisz, and even some decent acting work by the Angel Gabriel. The plot was simplistic but interesting, the animation was pretty good too. I've read a lot of reviews where people bashed the animation as being "computer-generated", my view is that unfortunately (or not) there aren't any real demons, incubi, imps, devils etc and so....what can you do other than use computer generation? Yes, you can tell it's computer generated...but then again who really thought Neo was doging those bullets in his famous move in the Matrix. Suspension of disbelief is necessary.Reeves was a little uninspired in this movie. I guess his acting job was decent but nothing compared to the Matrix. Of course the entire movie was nothing compared to the matrix. In fact it would be a travesty to make any comparison between the two. So in essence don't expect "The Matrix" and if you like SciFi/Action I think you'll be decently amused. It was about as good as HellBoy or Dawn of the Dead. I wouldn't reccomend spending the $8+ bucks/person to watch it on the big screen though. If you're a big SciFi/Action movie fan then buy it the first week it's released at WalMart for the introductory low price $13.99. It does have some limited rewatchability. If you're not a huge fan of the genre just catch it on cable or PPV.