Constantine (2005)

Most people think so. 77% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 48%, but audiences disagreed.

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Wikipedia ↗

Constantine is a 2005 American supernatural action horror film directed by Francis Lawrence, based on the DC Comics/Vertigo series Hellblazer. Keanu Reeves stars as John Constantine, a cynical, chain-smoking Los Angeles exorcist and occult detective who can literally see angels and demons walking among humans in their half-breed forms. Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and aware that his suicide attempt as a teenager has condemned his soul to Hell, Constantine works to earn his way into Heaven by deporting demons back to their realm.

When a detective played by Rachel Weisz investigates her twin sister's apparent suicide and discovers it's connected to a plot to bring the son of Satan into the world, Constantine is drawn into a cosmic struggle between Heaven and Hell. Keanu Reeves's interpretation of Constantine was a significant departure from the comic's blond, British, trenchcoated antihero — Reeves played the character as a dark, world-weary American — which alienated comics purists but created a compelling standalone character. Tilda Swinton's androgynous archangel Gabriel and Peter Stormare's terrifying Satan were standout supporting performances.

Constantine earned $230 million worldwide on a $100 million budget and has been reassessed favorably in subsequent years, with many fans calling for a sequel that was eventually announced in 2022.