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	Constantine film review
		Constantine is a kind of soul detective, who searches the city for those innocents who may have been taken over by demons from Hell, and then performs exorcisms on them.
		She is investigating the death of her twin sister, who apparently committed suicide, and needs Constantine's help to discover what really happened to her.
		It's in the second half of the film that the plot begins to lose confidence, however, leading to a finale that will either be seen as a stunning revelation or bit of a let down.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/constantine.html (584 words)

	Constantine a Provocative Interpretation of Today
		History buffs will perhaps be disappointed to learn that Constantine is not the title of a new Gladiator film, nor the story of the famous Roman emperor, but the story of John Constantine’s struggle to redeem himself from a suicide attempt before he dies of lung cancer.
		The best line of the film, other than super-sexy Gavin Rossdale’s “Finger licking good” is Tilda Swinton’s “You’re fucked.” Although the film fails to clarify if this is the archangel Gabriel, who is famous for announcing the birth of Christ to Mary, it would appear that these two entities could not be the same.
		Constantine’s strength may also be its fatal weakness: the implications that tainted divine intervention in the world is fascinating, yet too broad to be fully covered by a script that seems to not truly reflect the heart of the film.
	www.lsu.edu /necrofile/constantine16.htm (727 words)

	Constantine (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constantine is a 2005 film based on the Hellblazer comic book, with some plot elements being taken from the "Dangerous Habits" arc (issues #41-46).
		It was released on February 8, 2005 in Hong Kong, and on February 18, 2005 in the U.S. and Canada.
		In Los Angeles we see John Constantine perform an exorcism on a young female teenager; although he is successful he is unnerved by the boldness of the demon, who attempted to leave the girl's body to cross over into humankind's realm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constantine_(film) (814 words)

	Constantine Movie - The Hollywood News
		As Constantine attempts to get to the bottom of this unsettling development, he is lead to police officer Angela Dodson, a grief-stricken woman who is mourning the loss of her twin sister.
		Constantine opens Angela’s eyes to a world she never consciously knew existed, and together, the odd pair (or God Couple) embark on a harrowing journey to discover the source of the evil that is plaguing their lives.
		Her reason for deciding to become involved with Constantine is one of the most compelling and dramatic aspects of the film.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/2124.php (646 words)

	Constantine : film review
		Keanu Reeves plays John Constantine, who was born with a gift he didn't want - the ability to clearly recognise half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human guise.
		However, Constantine was resuscitated against his will and found himself cast back in the land of the living.
		Constantine is pure hell on Earth, or at least your local cinema.
	www.musicomh.com /films2/constantine.htm (563 words)

	Constantine Film Review by Seb Parker
		Constantine makes it his mission to be a sort of divine avenger, sending those half-breed demons — who, of course, seek to create a Hell on Earth — and other transgressors directly to Hell while policing the boundaries of Earth and the realms of Heaven and Hell.
		The film kicks off when John is called in to perform an exorcism on a girl (Johanna Trias) who’s been crawling on the ceiling and spitting obscenities at her God-fearing mother.
		Yet the film’s larger themes are far more compelling than Dodson’s agony over her sister’s inexplicable suicide.
	www.geocities.com /ulysses0004/Constantine.htm (981 words)

	Constantine
		But maybe he’ll be well suited to the role of Constantine, described on the official website as a “a hard-drinking, hard-living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism.” Bitter people are hardly examples of liveliness, so a bit of woodenness might work in conveying Constantine’s numb, weary state of mind.
		John Constantine, in his encounters with half-breeds such as Gabriel (Swinton, who is impishly pretty in her androgyny and as enthralling as ever), or in his partnership with police detective Angela Dodson (Weisz), is a thinking character.
		Film criticism, after all, is not simply there to judge a film’s entertainment value, but to explore its artistic relationship to important social issues.
	www.inkandashes.net /constantine.html (1915 words)

	Constantine - Film review - word-on-the-web - Church Army
		In that film he played a goofy surfer dude and he was actually quite good in it, but a brooding intense action hero he isn’t.
		John Constantine, in a moment of weakness, attempted suicide, and from them on the church convinced him that he was beyond forgiveness and could never, no matter how hard he tried, obtain salvation.
		Most of the time it appears that Constantine believes this and has given up on life (witness his destructive chain-smoking and his bare, gloomy living quarters), and yet something inside him must still believe that he can win his salvation – that is why he has devoted his life to exorcising demons.
	www.word-on-the-web.co.uk /films/constantine.htm (1428 words)

	Film Review - Constantine
		With disbelief and alarm, Constantine realizes that the demon is fighting not for possession of this child's body but for a way to break through it and enter the physical world, which is a breach of the age-old balance.
		Constantine is based on an intriguing idea--that of the world behind the world--but the execution leaves a lot to be desired, from the mumbo-jumbo screenplay to the stale direction and unsatisfying acting of all concerned, including Reeves, who seems bewildered as a screen character, which is good, but also as a performer, which is not.
		The film is visually clever: When Constantine is in Angela's apartment, and he momentarily crosses over into hell, it's the hell version of her apartment that he's in, but when he goes out into the streets, it's the hell version of Los Angeles.
	emanuellevy.com /article.php?articleID=159 (1475 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Constantine
		That the dunderheaded film refused to further investigate such a vexing spiritual-philosophical issue in favor of bloated action and one supremely ludicrous act of Christ-like sacrifice was unsurprising.
		But the succinct, intriguing scene itself remained a heartening sign that, despite their film's standing as a silly supernatural adventure, the filmmakers' interest in religion extended just slightly beyond the overriding idea that the devil would be the ultimate kick-ass villain for Schwarzenegger to vanquish.
		A hard-bitten, chain-smoking, cancer-infected loner who combats the Devil's earthbound minions, John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a man damned to Hell for attempting suicide as a teen and now desperate to buy his way back into heaven one dead demon at a time.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1436 (630 words)

	UGO.com Film/TV - Constantine DVD Review - UGO's Guide to Hell
		Through talking head interviews with the film crew and DC/Vertigo staffers, as well as Ken Burns-style shots of comic book pages to mix things up, this feature picks apart the character of John Constantine and how/why he came to be adapted for film.
		Constantine's battle with that Hellspawned bug creature (which, oddly enough, is ultimately undone by another bug).
		"Constantine Cosmology" is a self-contained featurette that examines John Constantine's journey and his role as a hero.
	www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/hellguide/dvdreview.asp (1929 words)

	explore faith : Focus on Film - Constantine
		As the film progressed, however, I was surprised to discover that Constantine wasn’t as interested in attacking the church as it was in appropriating various aspects of Christian theology and mythology for its own purposes.
		Forever altered by his sojourn into hell but knowing he was doomed to return as a consequence for his sin, Constantine has dedicated his life to deporting as many demons as possible in the hope that eventually God will relent and grant him admission to heaven.
		And few mainstream films offer such a strong affirmation of the spiritual dimension of life, showing it to be every bit as real and consequential as the physical.
	www.explorefaith.org /film/constantine.html (932 words)

	DVD Times - Constantine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Constantine is yet another example of a long line of comic book to film adaptations that have played hard and fast with the concept of faithfulness to the source material, and in doing so invoked the wrath of dedicated graphic novel enthusiasts.
		Constantine has an interesting look that combines a noir aesthetic with religious iconography and 21st century computer effects which, while not outright revolutionary, is considerably more imaginative and polished than I would have expected from someone with this director's back catalogue.
		There are some wonderful images scattered throughout the film - Constantine and Angela standing in an empty street as the lights go out one by one; Constantine entering Hell and returning with Isabel's hospital wristband as proof that she is trapped there.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=63160 (3287 words)

	The Film Asylum Review - Constantine (Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz)
		This time its ‘Constantine’, based on the long-running Alan Moore comic series ‘Hellblazer’ about a man whose sole is destined for Hell but whose body and mind will do just about anything to earn himself a place in Heaven.
		In fact Reeves appears to be distracted with his mind wandering elsewhere but this approach, whether deliberate or skilfully intentional, works in his favour as Constantine’s ability to see creatures both of this world and beyond would be a terrible distraction to even the most focused of minds.
		Constantine’s gleefully dark exterior and muted tones will be a refreshing blend to most genre lovers who have become sick of conservative, family safe comic conversions, opting for a more mature and stylised production which can truly be enjoyed for its content and sinister panache.
	thefilmasylum.com /reviews/constantine/constantine.htm (528 words)

	FILM REVIEW: Constantine - Forums
		Keanu Reeves is Constantine, a man who, in his youth discovered that he was able to see the spiritual warfare occuring all around him.
		Constantine has been 'deporting' demons back to Hell (and chain smoking) ever since, in the hope that he can buy his way into Heaven.
		Supremely funny moment: when Constantine, having sacrificed himself by slashing his wrists in order to stop Satan's son from being born (and usurping Satan himself), starts to get dragged away to Hell by Satan.
	www.pleasedrivethrough.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1176 (694 words)

	Constantine - ComingSoon.net Film Database (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human camouflage, Constantine (Keanu Reeves) was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision.
		Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn't want your admiration or your thanks — and certainly not your sympathy.
		"Constantine" is based on characters from the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer Graphic Novels.
	www.comingsoon.net /films.php?id=6271 (274 words)

	Classic-Horror Review of Constantine (2005)
		Constantine is relegated to Earth, or in Dante-speak, Purgatory, because his transgressions clash with his benevolent spirit.
		The film also pulls from the detective traditions of film noir, using the chain-smoking, debonair, and lone-wolf detective as the sole guardian against not only a handful of criminals but a vast network of evil conspirators.
		And early in the film, when Constantine first flashes his supernatural acumen, he exorcises a young girl by capturing the demon's reflection in a mirror and then extracting it from her body.
	www.classic-horror.com /reviews/constantine.shtml (948 words)

	HD DVD Review: Constantine \| High-Def Digest
		This isn't to say 'Constantine' is nearly as good of a film as 'Blade Runner.' But Lawrence, working off of an ambitious script by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, at least attempts to integrate more profound ideas into his film than your typical horror/CGI-fest.
		And as a think piece, the film fails to develop enough of its ideas to excite the intellect, like such great classic horror films as 'The Exorcist' or 'Rosemary's Baby.' Still, as a mood piece, 'Constantine' has its moments, and it sure is a lot of fun.
		Like Universal's recent 'The Bourne Supremacy' release, 'Constantine' features an interactive feature Warner is dubbing the "In-Movie Experience." Similar to a video commentary, the studio's HD DVD content team have compiled a wealth of interview and behind-the-scenes material and transformed it all into one seamless viewing experience you can watch along with the film.
	hddvd.highdefdigest.com /constantine.html (2316 words)

	Keanu Reeves/Constantine Interview (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But promoting his new film, Constantine, Keanu was in good spirits, perhaps because early buzz on this new comic book adaptation was positive, but perhaps these days he seems more relaxed than this most reluctant of stars.
		Constantine teams up with a female police detective, Angela (Rachel Weisz), who seeks Constantine's help while investigating the suicide-like death of her twin sister.
		I think part of the journey is Constantine understanding his life and the circumstances, and he comes to a kind of ambivalent peace of sorts.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Profiles/Articles/KReevesConstantine/KReevesConstantine.html (3892 words)

	The upcoming horror film, Constantine
		The game uses elements from the film's screenplay and will be available for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game systems.
		Constantine is the story of John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a psychic who can see angels and demons.
		The film is based on the Hellblazer graphic novels from DC Comic and Vertigo Comics.
	www.scriptologist.com /Magazine/Film_News/Constantine/constantine.html (78 words)

	Constantine Film Review - The Oscar Guy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Constantine is yet another husk of a film in terms of acting.
		This film falls into the forgettable category, even though what it has to say about heaven, hell and the church is suitably interesting.
		Constantine is only saved by its willingness to let the plot unfold without being hampered too much by the violence.
	www.oscarguy.com /Reviews/2005/Constantine.html (558 words)

	Constantine \| Filmstarts.de
		Aber spätestens jetzt ist klar, dass Constantine nicht verrückt ist.
		Doch das Sympathische: Constantine“ ist sich durchaus bewusst, dass er nicht durch eine tiefschürfende Geschichte Bonuspunkte einfahren kann.
		Wer den in Beirut geborenen Sunnyboy bisher nicht mochte, wird sich durch seinen Auftritt in Constantine“ sicherlich nicht bekehren lassen.
	www.filmstarts.de /kritiken/Constantine.html (946 words)

	Constantine (film) - ArticleWorld
		As a boy, Constantine is in contact with angels and demons.
		Constantine smokes cigarettes constantly to put himself in danger of death by cancer, so he can die and confront Satan.
		But Satan is angered because he wants Constantine’s soul for his own and is convinced that if he can send him back to earth he will commit enough evil to be sent to hell at death on his own terms.
	www.articleworld.org /index.php?title=Constantine_(film)&printable=yes (339 words)

	“Film Remakes” by Constantine Verevis
		As is the case with genre films, such remakings can deliver the twin gratifications of repetition and innovation, though the prolificacy of remakes has sometimes led to accusations of Hollywood’s lack of imagination, of its merely playing safe.
		Homages are common enough in films without one’s being likely to reach for the term “remake” and “influence” is not of itself congruent with remake, though it may inform a later film.
		These paratexts, he claims and goes on to illustrate, have a “vital role…in communicating a film’s status as a remake, and also in invoking an intertextual framework within which to comprehend and evaluate the new film” (p.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/books/06/41/film-remakes-verevis.html (1490 words)

	Constantine (2005): Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton, Shia LaBeauf - PopMatters Film Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This midpoint status is underlined in John's introduction in Constantine, when he's called in to perform an exorcism on a girl (Johanna Trias) who's been crawling on the ceiling and spitting obscenities at her god-fearing mother.
		Whether or not this whisper is Isabel's own delusion (as she's watching the tape, seeking some explanation of her loss), John takes it up as a cause.
		Constantine is uneven, the rhythms and effects reeling from decent to silly, but it's not without its oddly compelling bits.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/c/constantine-2005.shtml (1051 words)

	UGO.com Film/TV - Constantine Review - UGO's Guide to Hell
		Constantine falls into this category of being based on an "unfilmable" comic book, yet it succeeds because it seems to be completely aware of its own self-contradictions.
		Constantine is its own freak show - an entertaining, highly skilled and engaging one that benefits greatly from taking its tale of religion and redemption completely seriously and invites those unfamiliar with Hellblazer with open arms - in fact, it prays for them.
		Rachel Weisz, as a cop whose twin sister's suicide prompts her involvement with Constantine, looks gorgeous, and is the only character in the very small cast who exists outside of Constantine's supernatural universe - at least for the first act.
	www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/hellguide/review.asp (850 words)

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