Constantine (2005), Lookback/Review. As I’m writing this I’m hearing a commercial for The Last Exorcism, Part Two, behind me and I’m wondering how they punished the priest for messing up the first last exorcism.
Is there a special place in hell for him? There is for Constantine, “John Constantine, asshole,” and a lot of eager demons are waiting to pounce on his tainted meat. Constantine is haunted. He is condemned. He is damned. Constantine opens on burnt-out church remains in a Mexican desert where bad flooring leads to the excavation of the Sword of Destiny, the spear that reputedly pierced the heart of Jebus when he was hanging on the cross. Angela (Rachel Weisz), a cop who‘s trying real hard to be good, is confessing her sins, “I killed a man today. Told that he is dying of cancer, Constantine grubs a smoke from a half-breed angel, Gabriel (Tilda Swinton) and picks a fight with a demon. After dinner, Constantine tells Angela that God and Lucifer have a standing bet on who can collect the most souls. Constantine Movie Review & Film Summary (2005. No, "Constantine" is not part of a trilogy including "Troy" and "Alexander.
" It's not about the emperor at all, but about a man who can see the world behind the world, and is waging war against the scavengers of the damned. There was a nice documentary about emperor penguins, however, at Sundance this year. The males sit on the eggs all winter long in like 60 degrees below zero. Keanu Reeves plays Constantine as a chain-smoking, depressed demon-hunter who lives above a bowling alley in Los Angeles. Since he was a child, he has been able to see that not all who walk among us are human. There is a scene early in the movie where Constantine and his doctor look at his X-rays, never a good sign in a superhero movie. The half-angels and half-devils are earthly proxies in the war between God and Satan. Constantine has a technical advisor named Beeman (Max Baker), who lives in the ceiling of the bowling alley among the pin-spotting machines, and functions like Q in the James Bond movies. "Constantine (2005)" Theatrical Trailer.
Constantine (film) Constantine was released in the United States and Canada on February 18, 2005 and in Hong Kong on February 8, 2005.
Box Office Mojo reports Constantine earned nearly $30 million at the North American box office on its opening weekend, making it the second highest earning movie for that weekend. It eventually earned $75,976,178 at the North American box office and a total of $230,884,728 around the world. God and Lucifer are engaged in a war for the souls of humanity; a standing wager for the souls of all mankind. Angels and demons are forbidden to manifest on Earth, but they are allowed to possess and influence humans, and half-breeds are used to peddle influence.
Exorcist John Constantine was born with the power to see angels and demons. Hennessy's and Beeman's research leads them to conclude that Lucifer's son, Mammon, is plotting to break through to Earth and claim it as his own kingdom. In a post-credits scene, John visits Chas' grave. Hell, as it is depicted within the film.
Constantine (2005.