Constantine

"Wooah!!! Brussels Sprouts...nasty!!"

I quite like the trailer for this movie, Constantine, and decided to spend Friday night in cinema after a long stressed week. I am bit lazy to write the sypnosis but here goes from imdb:


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 literally been to hell and back. When Constantine teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister (also played by Weisz), their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldy events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost.

My thoughts, I really like the movie!!! People been comparing this Messiah-like action hero to his previous role as Neo in The Matrix, but I think they are totally different films and have different elements that I like. The gadgets, the ideas and concepts on how killing demons are fresh and unique. The director, Francis Lawrence, is famous for directing MTV for artists such as Britney Spears, Will Smith and Aerosmith, so the settings and visual effects are one of the highlight. It did keep me entertained for a good 2 hours however the ending was bit dragon with heavy converse between Constantine, Gabrielle and Lucifer. It can get a bit too "religious". Apart from those religious message good versus bad, good wins at the end, is pretty obvious the director really want to let everyone knows that smoking is a bad habit by having the main character as a chain smoker who is going to die with lung cancer and close up of a cigarette box with the smoking can kill message on it when he blew it up with a machine gun. Since is a good message, so I don't really mind it that much.


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TOTAL : 8/10