Constantine (2005)

Based on a comic book character, Keanu Reeves is the title character, an exorcist who previously damned himself with an attempted suicide and is now caught up in the battle between Heaven and Hell. The film is best when it leans heavily into its comic roots, which unfortunately it does not do nearly enough. Reeves is the perfect actor for a character such as this, someone who is barely human and somewhat ethereal. Tilda Swinton also plays to her strong suits as an impish androgynous angel. I don’t recall his presence in other movies, but Gavin Rossdale has a surprisingly strong presence here as the demon counterpart to Swinton. Both the plotting around and the acting in Rachel Weisz’s twin roles is a bit wooden which as the main guiding force of the film really drags all its positive points downward.