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It’s a story as old as creation or, if you prefer, evolution: human beings love playing God. And our fellow mere mortals love taking us to task for it. Certainly Keanu Reeves, who plays the title role in the new action/fantasy movie Constantine, is accustomed to accusations of a messianic complex. In The Matrix, Reeves’ character Neo fights to rescue humanity from its unwitting enslavement to parasitic forms of artificial intelligence. Now Reeves returns with a new name but suspiciously similar storyline and character: laconic loner John Constantine fights an epic battle of good-versus...
Halfway through Constantine, a fully clad Keanu Reeves steps into a shallow pail of water, sits on a chair next to it and holds a cat in his lap. Any actor who can retain his charisma in this weird-silly moment--can keep us watching, and admiring his dutiful nonchalance--deserves to be called a movie star...
...payoff never quite comes. While he and the other filmmakers have fine control over the technical elements of horror filmmaking, their story is not gripping. I was somewhat amused by all of the fuss over who Charlie really was, but I am also somewhat amused by Keanu Reeve’s oeuvre—that is not enough to recommend a movie to general audiences...
...insights into the subtle direction of actors, watch as Larry Wachowski gives cues to star Keanu Reeves, suspended on wires for a fight scene, in a manner Ingmar Bergman may never have considered: "Head jerk. Then thrashing. Then a big thrash. And another one. Then clench. Tighter...
Then she found The River—the youth church group advertised in The Crimson that purports to give converts the same Matrix-style life change as the legendary red pill Keanu Reeves swallows in the movie...