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History once told us, "This is your brain...this is your brain on drugs...any questions?" Well, after seeing "Constantine," I know exactly what that prophecy meant. I still see Keanu Reeves as Neo, the perfect resemblance of a hero who saves the world. Now, my brain feels truly fried watching my ideal savior metamorphose into a gloomy, cancer-ridden chain smoking shell of a man who pretty much is supposed to be the same thing. …

…is quite dense, and the screenplay simply doesn't spell it out enough. However, the questions that it poses regarding theological ideas and some of the sequences filled with intense action truly made me go "whoa..." (you didn't think I'd leave that reference out, did you?). Will Reeves yet again fail to dazzle us with his stilted, monotonous delivery? Of course. But if you can sit through Bill and Ted, you can definitely sit through this.