Djimon Hounsou, Gavin Rossdale, Keanu Reeves
John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine was driven...( read more
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Directed by: Francis Lawrence, Francis Lawrence (II)
Release Date: February 18, 2005
DVD Release Date: July 19, 2005
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September 18, 2009I liked it but graphic novels are so much better. It should have been set in England and I would be more upset about that but unfortunately, I really don't think there are any English directors good enough to take on the project. Harsh but true!
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August 24, 2009"Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him."
Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello, Constantine tells the story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has ...( read more) -
April 25, 2009I enjoy the movie Constantine. I've seen it twice now. An interesting view of this universe of ours -- that angels and demons are contemporaries who use earth as their battle ground - angels to influence people to heaven and demons to influence people to hell.
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January 12, 2009This movie did the comic books justice as I am a fan of Constantine.Whoever says that this movie is too flashy for its own good is frankly talking out of his or hers rear end. The movie had just the right amount of information, special effects and violence to make it worthy of a ...( read more)
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December 21, 2008Constantine: "How's the family?
Satan: "Family's doing just fine. Busy, busy, busy, busy. Need a vacation."
Yet another dark themed movie, based on a DC comic. John Constantine is a demon hunter who's set for a life in hell. He tries his best to earn a ticket to heaven by "doing...( read more) -
November 16, 2009Nice special effects and suspense. I personally did quite ignore the religious implications :P
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November 13, 2009I hated this movie because it's so damn fake. I can't stand all the BS they put in the movie. Sure they put angels, demons, God and the Devil but nothing goes according to the Bible.
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November 11, 2009Interesting religious ideas about angels and satan, worth watching but no big deal.
Critic Reviews
February 7, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
February 18, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The movie isn't hellish, because there's always hope of leaving it. It's more like purgatory, two whole hours of it. full review
February 18, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Has enough subtextual codes to spawn its own cult. full review
February 18, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Reeves has a deliberately morose energy level in the movie, as befits one who has seen hell, walks among half-demons, and is dying. full review
February 17, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
Borderline incoherent, theologically unsatisfying, and short to the point of dwarfism on suspense. full review
February 17, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Keanu Reeves plays a haunted, expressionless traveler in an overblown theological thriller based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer. full review
February 17, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
This supernatural, super-noir thriller has been shot beautifully (by Philippe Rousselot), and directed with enjoyable, crazy-angled aplomb by Francis Lawrence. full review
February 17, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Hellacious, audacious, visually stunning and deeply wiggy, Constantine is a miracle, a comic-book movie for smart people. full review
February 17, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Lawrence is a skilled copycat, and his adeptness at creating a mood of otherworldly unease helps make up for his story's familiarity. full review
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September 10, 2009A TERRIBLE movie if you're familiar with Hellblazer, and barely a good movie if you're not familiar with Hellblazer. The people who made this were obviously too caught up in trying to squeeze money out of merchandising and initial coolness-influenced box office to be bothered making a worthwhile adaptation. I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch this movie again.
I probably would have liked it more if I'd never read the great Hellblazer stories beforehand; if you liked this movie, do yourself a favor and get the Hellblazer books from Amazon, starting with Original Sins, then Devil You Know, then Fear Machine, then Family Man, and on from there. The best Hellblazer book is Dangerous Habits, on which this movie is supposedly based. -
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May 22, 2008Gavin Rossdale did a good job of being a demon, and Peter Stormare did a good job of Satan. Oh yeah, it was frikkin awesome too.
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February 26, 2008does anyone know how to rip the picture of an angelic shia off the end of the movie
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August 2, 2007hey i love this mvie it was aswome how u made all the demones it was aswome i give it a 2 thumbs up
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July 6, 2007All I can say is that this movie was good in spite of the bad story. Look for the sequal to be twice as dark and have a much better story behind it!
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May 5, 2007This is a fave of mine, despite it's many potholes in the script. It was actually more than I expected, I expected something written badly with your usual gratuitous violence and gore. Instead you get lots of snark and sarcasm, violence but not too much to make it redundant and a pretty good cast. All in all worth the rental and/or buying on eBay fees.
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