Hellblazer

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(Updated: October 18, 2023)
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5.6
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Is Hellblazer superior to the original Constantine? Yes
Do I recommend it? No

The video quality is too low and even the AI Upscale program didn't help, the added scenes don't match the color of the original scenes, and some of the added OSTs are clearly noticeable.
While the story works better when you focus it on Constantine I prefer the slower-paced movie with high-quality.

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9.2
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I rather enjoyed this edit. While the video quality wasn't very good (even accounting for the fact it's from a DVD), the narrative and audio make up for it.

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9.2
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Big fan of the original, so I really enjoyed this cut, adding all the Michelle Monaghan deleted scenes was a very smart move. Also liked the Evanescence tracks, even if they were a little over the top sometimes. Also love the new beginning in the hospital instead of Mexico.
Very good edit, I recommend it strongly.

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(Updated: September 16, 2019)
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7.6
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4.0
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I liked the original film, even if it was somewhat Americanised, Constantine, in the comics being a tough, street-wise working class Brit -- part of what makes him stand out from the crowd of more genteel occult detectives, of whom Dr Strange is a modern variant. Plus, I also like Keanu Reeves' pre-John Wick stuff quite a bit, although he's admittedly not the greatest actor in the world: I'd put "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Johnny Mnemonic," the first "Matrix," and "The Devil's Advocate" on my shelf any day (although I do draw the line at "The Day the Earth Stood Still"!).

So, I watched the "Hellblazer" fanedit more out of interest, rather than due to any disappointment with the original "Constantine." Overall, I thought the fanedit was really great! My only quibble would be the visual quality of the copy I had: perhaps I have been spoiled by Blurays and high quality movies in *.mkv containers, and we sometimes forget how low grade some deleted scenes on DVDs have been, but I was really distracted by the picture quality, which was generally worse than the DVD I have of the film (and moreso in some deleted scenes). I cannot say whether the DVD release by the editor was better than the 1.5 gb *.avi I got, but what I had was quite bad and quite distracting.

In short: loved the edit and would recommend, but wish I saw a higher quality release.

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9.4
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Very sound edit of the Constantine movie. Enjoyed the re-addition of the cut scenes and I could argue for or against keeping them in the final cut of the movie. I would say this version may replace my theatrical version. Well worth the time it took to acquire and watch. Thanks Jorge for creating this.

PS. Tried to keep this review brief because I didn't want to create spoilers, but I will say this, if you enjoyed Constantine YOU MUCH WATCH THIS. I was surprised by the scenes that were cut from the original version. Their removal was probably due to two things. 1) There is a scene which is borderline inappropriate for kids, which could have made their MPAA rating something less family friendly. 2) Could see the possibilities where early reviewers/audiences may have panned that additional story line. I personally it helps the movie.

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