John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a man who lacks faith despite the fact that he knows God exists due to his ability to see half breeds (Demons and Angels) in their true form. When he was younger, he tried to kill himself which damned him to Hell, so now John spends his life exorcising Demons trying to earn his way back into "his" good graces because of his health waning due to cancer. He helps Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) learn the truth about her sister's suicide while discovering a much darker and bigger plot involving Lucifer. Now I'll admit that this could have been better, the script lacked the intelligence of the comic book however made up for it in it's sinful, gothic style of filming that produced a hybrid of sorts, combining fantasy with horror to create an enjoyable mix of a scattered and broken world in Constantine, I do wish - like every other girl who saw this - that John and Angela had ended up together. The underworld created in this is pretty impressive and when I say "underworld" I don't mean greek style Hades - ruled underworld, I mean the world of mythical creatures hidden within our own. This may be a one-time watch but one you'll watch one time and say "It was actually pretty good"
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