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Why Keanu Reeves’ fantasy horror movie Constantine, 20 this month, deserves another look

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Why Keanu Reeves’ fantasy horror movie Constantine, 20 this month, deserves another look



This is the latest instalment in our From the Vault feature series, in which we reflect on culturally significant movies celebrating notable anniversaries.

Between The Matrix (1999) and John Wick (2014), Keanu Reeves struggled to find a film to fit his star persona.

Along the way there were some terrible ones (Generation Um, 2012), some forgettable ones (The Lake House, 2006) and some excellent-but-esoteric ones (A Scanner Darkly, 2006), but perhaps the closest he came to starting a new franchise was the ambitious 2005 oddity that was Constantine, which turns 20 this month.
Loosely based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Comics series by Alan Moore and Stephen R. Bissette, and directed by first-timer Francis Lawrence, who would go on to steer The Hunger Games series to worldwide success, Constantine was a moderate box office hit that received less-than-favourable reviews from both fans and critics.

Time has been kind to it, however.



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