Constantine [2005]
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actor: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Djimon Hounsou, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare
Wow. I really liked this film. Sure, some might complain that it doesn’t follow the Hellblazer comics religiously, and that John Constantine should’ve been a scoucer, but fuck all of that. From all accounts they kept the character very true to the spirit of the character in the comic. So there, let’s not waste any more breathe on that subject any more.
John Constantine is a modern-day warlock who goes around the world banishing demons back to hell. As a young boy he was gifted with the ability to see the demons and angels roaming amongst humanity, influencing humanity and not understanding what he was seeing or why, and not getting anything but misunderstanding from his parents and peers, he commits suicide. He was dead for two whole minutes, and thus his soul was in hell, where all suicidals go. He was revived, but his soul was forever doomed to go hell upon his eventual death, unless he redeemed himself. And so he redeemed himself. Over and over again, banishing demons left, right and center, trying to get into good graces again. Sadly, he hasn’t been able to, and it’s made him very jaded and cynical, but he’s not given up.
Angela is a police officer, and the other half of a pair of twins, the other of which has just committed suicide, damning her soul to an afterlife of damnation. Being a devout Catholic and thus knowing full-well what she was bringing upon herself, her sister is suspicious of the circumstances under which her “suicide” occured. Her inquiries are the start of a rollercoaster ride that lead to the birth into our world of the biggest deamon of all; Lucifer’s son, the anti-Christ.
I just love these In Nomine type movies and as with The Prophecy, I highly recommend this film!
