Constantine is Warner Brothers adaptation of the DC comic "Hellblazer". What is Constantine about?

It's about 4 major special effects segments and 100 minutes of "other stuff". The "plot" revovles around one demon's attempt to enter our material plane. The demon son of Lucifer (Mammon) is collecting certain items so that he can materialize in our Earth plane.

Unfortunely, this part of the plot is not revealed until toward the end of the movie. So we get many scenes of a Mexican fellow walking toward Los Angeles with a spear, not knowing if this is a good or bad thing, all suspense lost. Keanu Reeves does a passable job as the irascible Constantine, but unfortunetly dooms the film. Apparently his pricetag forced the film producers to cut back on the special effects, the only bright spots in the movie. So we are left with no suspense, no horror, little action, and excellent (yet all to brief) special effects.

Further, be wary of any "extended" version of this film. The plot seems very choppy, probably editted away to cut down on the movies already too long 120 minute playtime. Any extended version is likely to slow the pace down even farther trying to explain a storyline only die hard "Hellblazer" readers are likely to care about anyway. My reccommendation would have been to cut alot more out, and try to liven up the pace to a more action oriented movie (like Blade).

My reccommendation; Read the "Hellblazer" comic while watching "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". That way you get the best of Keanu Reeves and Constantine.