Constantine (film)

Constantine is a 2005 supernatural actionthriller film directed by Francis Lawrence as his feature film directorial debut, starring Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, with Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, and Djimon Hounsou. With a screenplay by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, the film is loosely based on Vertigo Comics Hellblazer comic book, which is also a part of and run by DC Comics, with plot elements taken from the Dangerous Habits story arc issues 4146 and the Original Sins trade paperback. The character of John Constantine was introduced by comic book writercreator Alan Moore while writing the Swamp Thing, first appearing there in June 1985.

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 halfbreeds are used to peddle influence. Exorcist John Constantine was born with the power to see angels and demons. At age 15, he committed suicide to escape his visions, but he was revived after spending two minutes in Hell, and his soul is bound for Hell when he dies for the sin of taking his own life.John exorcises a girl possessed by a soldier demon trying to break through to Earth, something that should not be possible, as demons cannot take their true physical form on the mortal plane. John seeks an audience with the androgynous halfbreed angel Gabriel Tilda Swinton. He asks Gabriel for a reprieve from his impending death from lung cancer but Gabriel declines, telling John that his motives for exorcising demons are selfish and will not earn him entry into Heaven. After he leaves Gabriel, John repels an attack by a full demon out in the open. This encounter prompts him to meet with former witch doctor Papa Midnite Djimon Hounsou who informs him that all of Hell is waiting for him to die and that he is the one soul Lucifer would come to collect himself. There, John also encounters halfbreed demon Balthazar Gavin Rossdale. Midnite refuses to become involved, wanting to retain the balance between Heaven and Hell. John begins investigating the situation with his associates Beeman Max Baker, Hennessy Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Chas Kramer Shia LaBeouf. Detective Angela Dodson Rachel Weisz shows up at Constantines apartment to ask for his help investigating Isabel Rachel Weisz, her identical twins, death. Isabel leapt from the top of a psychiatric hospital, where she was a patient and, despite camera footage showing it, Angela is convinced that Isabel would never commit suicide. At first, John mocks her and denies her request for help but, after dem

Source: Wikipedia