September 10, 2009
A 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.

