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Constantine is a 2005 film loosely based on the Hellblazer comic book, with some plot elements being taken from the "Dangerous Habits" arc (issues #41-46). It was released on February 8, 2005 in Hong Kong, and on February 18, 2005 in the U.S. and Canada.
PlotSpoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The film opens in a ruin in Mexico, where a young man finds the Spear of Destiny wrapped in a Nazi flag. He seizes the spear and becomes possessed, heading for Los Angeles.
There are many worlds, according to Constantine, of which Earth is only one; it is a neutral place between Heaven and Hell, which have wagered on which can win the most souls among humans, while Mammon want to dominate the world. Some humans are able to see the demons and angels who walk among them. Having lived with this ability since birth, Constantine was institutionalized as an adolescent and eventually committed suicide to escape the torment of seeing them but not being believed. Though resuscitated by doctors, he was officially dead for two minutes, which he spent in hell. Unfortunately for the young Constantine, time moves at a very different speed in the underworld. ("Take it from me, two minutes in hell is a lifetime.") His "successful" suicide, which is considered a mortal sin in the eyes of God, has condemned him to be sent to hell upon his eventual death. To escape this fate, he has spent the rest of his life trying to win back God's favor by battling the forces of Hell, though his time on Earth will be brief; Constantine has smoked 30 cigarettes a day since he was 15, and is now dying of lung cancer. Because of the number of demons he has slain, Constantine knows that he is the only soul that Lucifer will leave Hell to reap personally. After incapacitating a room full of demons with the help of a fire suppression system filled with holy water, thanks to his "apprentice" Chas Kramer (Shia LaBeouf), who had begged to be allowed to accompany Constantine on an exorcism instead of simply driving him around in a taxi, the pair move on to stop Mammon from being summoned via Angela. Mammon is subdued, but Chas is then killed by the angel Gabriel (Tilda Swinton) for interfering in the "birth." Gabriel incapacitates Constantine and begins to summon Mammon using the Spear of Destiny.
At the end of the film's credits, Constantine visit Chas' grave, saying that he did a good job and leaves his cigarette lighter on top of the grave. When Constantine is about to leave the graveyard, Chas appears as an angel and is dressed as Gabriel was previously. Chas then flies off into the sky. Spoilers end here.
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Box OfficeConstantine earned US$230,427,240 in worldwide box office receipts. It has been rumored that a sequel is planned for release in 2007; however, Reeves has not committed to the project, sometimes expressing interest and other times not. Recently, movie producer Lauren Shuler Donner has commented that a sequel (with Reeves attached) is in the works, but that Francis Lawrence would not be directing[1] Constantine has been rated R For Violence and Demonic Images by the MPAA. It also contains mild language. Warner Home Video announced that the film was to be released on HD-DVD on March 28, 2006.[2] It would be one of the earliest titles to be released on that media format. However, following delays to the launch of the HD-DVD format (which pushed back the release of many of the initially announced titles), Constantine eventually made its debut on HD-DVD on June 6, 2006. Proposed sequelMovie producer Lauren Shuler Donner stated in a November 18-19, 2006 interview that writers are currently developing a script for Constantine 2. She claims that Keanu Reeves is willing to reprise his role as John Constantine. Donner also stated that Constantine 2 would be filmed in a South American country and a different director would replace Francis Lawrence who directed the first film. The film is expected to be rated "R", similar to the first film.[3][4] Trivia
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