...stuck in a plane between deliberate laughs, and filmmaking that’s laughably bad
Constantine (2005)
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Reviews Counted:207
Fresh:94
Rotten:113
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Despite solid production values and an intriguing premise, Constantine lacks the focus of another spiritual shoot-em-up, The Matrix.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $75,500,759
Synopsis: 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... 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 (KEANU REEVES) was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision. But he failed. Resuscitated against his will, he found himself cast back into the land of the living. Now, marked as an attempted suicide with a temporary lease on life, he patrols the earthly border between heaven and hell, hoping in vain to earn his way to salvation by sending the devil's foot soldiers back to the depths. But Constantine is no saint. Disillusioned by the world around him and at odds with the one beyond, he's a hard-drinking, hard-living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism. Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn't want your admiration or your thanks – and certainly not your sympathy. -- © Warner Bros. [More]
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Djimon Hounsou, Gavin Rossdale, Peter Stormare
Director: Francis Lawrence
Director: Francis Lawrence
Screenwriter: Kevin Brodbin, Frank Cappello
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner, Benjamin Melniker, Michael Uslan, Erwin Stoff, Akiva Goldsman
Composer: Brian Tyler, Klaus Badelt
Studio: Warner Bros.
Reviews for Constantine
Constantine's incoherent plotting ruins the comicbook's frazzled, hard-bitten edge.
While haters might go into the movie hoping Keanu will go to hell, Constantine is not so bad as to make you continue to feel the hate.
Brimming with good ideas but fails to exorcise the demons of audience pandering.
...a spiritually spry yet lumbering fantasy...The technological flourishes are a marvel to behold but the film’s erratic journey is as choppy as a country dirt road
Obviously toned-down from the comic, it's still a pretty provocative piece - a slyly funny Biblical detective story (sort of a Sunday School film noir.)
It's difficult to understand what Constantine is about, or indeed, whether it's a good movie.
Keanu Reeves is a chain-smoking, tough-talking, and ***-kicking Exorcist, taking out the demonic trash like a hybrid of Father Karras and Mike Hammer
Maybe some of the audience should wonder if they aren’t performing the Devil’s work by sitting so quietly through movies that turn wonders into garbage.
Where The Exorcist, The Prophecy, and ... Dogma have all ventured, Constantine gives the middle finger and delves into darker territory.
A construct of heaven and hell that makes no sense, and changes when the plot requires it, is the least of its problems.
plays more like a bunch of vaguely realized ideas strung haphazardly together than it does as a coherent story with rhythm and purpose
A stylish energy sustains this film even when it begins to drift into draggy incoherence.
"Constantine" isn't heavenly. But it's an interesting enough look at what lies beyond.
If you've ever wanted to see Keanu Reeves go to hell, this is your chance.
Se queda en algún punto intermedio, un purgatorio de las cintas que no pueden ir al Infierno pero que, lo siento por la inversión, tampoco se ganan el Cielo.
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