In this famine of (decent) Hindi films, I succumbed to seeing “Constantine”, and “Eulogy”, two vastly different movies. Constantine, which was released a few months agon, is a horror film, a translation of the comic-book to screen. Keanu Reeves plays the demon hunter John Constantine, who’s chain smoking himself to sure death and Hell. John meets up with policewoman Angela (Rachel Weisz), whose twin-sister Isabel has committed suicide while in a mental facility. Convinced that Isabel saw the super-natural (be it demon or angel) and was pushed to her death, Angela wishes to team up with Constantine and redeem her sister’s soul. What follows is drama, demons and disorder.

Some special effects, like those wings on earthly angels are eye-popping. An interesting watch.

“Eulogy” (2004) on the other hand is touted as a “hilarious” comedy, about a dysfuntional family whose patriarch has suddenly died, thereby summoning all the children under the same roof, for the last rites. So, the siblings gather, along with partners and kids, and discover that the old man, even though dead, has more secrets in store. And while this is not rip-roaringly funny, it has some good gags. Not my first pick in the video store, but if you’ve seen the rest, you can see this one.

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