Constantine (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) [DVD]

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Djimon Hounsou, et al.

Product Description

Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels and written by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, Constantine tells the story of John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has literally been... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012569718579
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Francis Lawrence
• Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Djimon Hounsou, Shia LaBeouf, Max Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gavin Rossdale, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Jesse Ramirez
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: ac-3
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 0.5" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

A long anti-smoking commercial

The story is simple; self-centered John Constantine: Hellblazer (Keanu Reeves) did a “no-no” in his youth, ensuring him a place in the underworld, and to compound the problem, he is to be short-lived due to a smoking habit. In the meantime, due to his accident, he can see angels and demons. Even though he is conceited and knows where he will be going, he still finds time to do some good for mankind and in the process sends a few demons back to where they came from. Something has gone wrong with the balance. And with the aid of his young sidekick and a medium who is well done by Rachel Weisz, he intends to get to the nature of the problem. The character of Constantine comes from the DC comic world and has been modified a tad to fit a movie with a beginning, middle, and end. I could not help but notice Tilda Swinton, who played Gabriel. She made you feel that you were watching a first-class movie. The only redeeming feature of the value of the movie is not the movie itself, but the audio track that explains what they are trying to do in the making of the movie. You could just bypass the movie and listen to the voice-over audio instead and save yourself two hours. I think I should have watched the two-disc version, as even with the audio track, they refer to many things that are not in the movie.