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Keeanu Reeves proves he really is too cool to act
John Constantine (Keeanu Reeves) is a doomed man. A teenage suicide attempt has left him damned, and no matter how many demons he sends back to hell, he just can't seem to earn himself salvation. Not only that, he's got terminal emphysema. Thus far the role could be a metaphor for Keeanu's career, if he doesn't get over his Matrix persona and start at least pretending to be an actor. <
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>The film kicks off with the discovery of the Spear of Destiny, an artifact rumoured to be the spear that killed Jesus. This is followed by the apparently unconnected suicide of Isabel Dodson (Rachel Weisz), though since both events are in the same film, we know they must be related. Isabel's sister Angela (also played by Weisz) is convinced her sister didn't really throw herself off a high rise building, and recruits Constantine's help to find answers. The two discover a conspiracy to unleash evil upon the world using the aforementioned artifact, and when the forces of evil kidnap Angela with the intention of using her as a blood sacrifice, it is of course up to Constantine and his young apprentice to save the day. <
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>With Weisz's acting safely confined to a coldly lit pool in a psychiatric hospital, the film is free to degenerate into idiocy as Constantine races against time to save the girl, utterly erasing the line between good and evil in the process. The film does at least stand out with possibly the most mixed up theology I've yet seen exhibited by this genre. <
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>The only thing that keeps it alive is Weisz's unbelievably solid performance despite all the obstacles presented to her by script, director and fellow actors. Keeanu doesn't look like he's even tried to get into the character, instead coming across as a wooden, chain smoking version of his Matrix role as Neo Anderson. Make sure you enjoy watching him flick his lighter closed after each cigarette, because it's the only part of his performance worth watching. <
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>If you must watch a theological thriller, this does at least step the intelligence up one or two notches from End of Days, but honestly I found Arnie's wooden attempts far more entertaining than Keeanu's stubborn refusal. The best advice I can give you is: don't bother watching theological thrillers at all.

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Very Disappointing
Disappointing adaptation of the Hellblazer comic lacks that book's sense of humor and complexity and goes for the gusto in stupidity with a very bad performance by Keanu Reeves, who manages to make his last two matrix films look like masterpieces compared to his work here. He not only sucks the life out of every scene he's in but manages to bring the film down to his level of acting in certain scenes. Director Frances Lawrence tries hard but lacks focus in certain scenes and lacks a sense of continually with his work. He steals from the best but lacks the substance to pull it off. The only redeeming things this movie has to offer is the performance of Rachel Weisz, who manages to give a strong, complex and moving performance despite the fact that the movie is not worthy of it. I would have liked to have learn more about her character and her relationship with her sister, which would have been a much better movie than this film was if they just could have based the film around her character instead of John Constantine. Djmon Hounsou, who was so great in the film " In America" only has a bit part here and he does well with it but I would have rather had him play a much bigger role than he was allowed to play in this film. Peter Stormare, who was so great in the movies "Birth" and "Chocolat", gives quite an unusual take of the devil. Unfortunately, he's not in the movie very much at all. The special effects are good but the way hell is represented here is more a variation of the sets that was used in the film than something completely original. It's a decent film if you're in the mood for this kind of movie but I you will end up thinking that it could have been better once it's over. <
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So bad, it's funny.
So bad and very funny Keanu Reeves horror movie that lacks not only the thrills but also a real story with an actual plot in it. The dialog is horrendously bad with scenes that actually has nothing to do with the story being told and characters that adds nothing to the overall story at all. Keanu Reeves is painfully miscast as the occult detective John Constantine and the direction by first time director Frances Lawrence is spotty at best. The screenplay is a jumbled mess and it contradicts itself in certain scenes of the film and some of the performances are not up to par. There is some good in the film and that is mostly coming from the performance of Rachel Weisz, and she does more for it than the movie does for her. I actually cared about her character more than I cared about John Constantine and if I were the screenwriter of this movie, I would have cut John out altogether and just focus the movie on her. For one, it would have cut about half of the unnecessary characters that is in the film but also might have made the movie more focus in its plot because her character has more of a reason of being in the movie than Keanu's, who is just there for the mandatory overblown climax, which in itself incoherent because it raises more questions than the movie wants to answer. <
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>See it for Rachel Weisz great performance only because it's the only good thing about this movie. <
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