20 Comic Book Films You Should Die Before You See

12. Constantine

Constantine Hell
Warner Bros.

Introduced during Alan Moore’s run on DC’s Swamp Thing, John Constantine is a working class occult detective based in London, so naturally this flashy movie version turns him into Keanu Reeves, relocates the action to Los Angeles and gives him Shia LaBouef as a wisecracking sidekick.

It’s not all bad, though: Peter Stormare turns up as Satan, but even he can’t do much to enliven two hours of laborious twaddle. 

Didn’t Rachel Weisz learn her lesson after being paired with Keanu in Chain Reaction? 

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'