“Constantine” is an intricate tale of spirituality and a battle of principalities. It is Heaven and Hell, and all the powers of both, alive on Earth for the sole purpose of winning souls.

John Constantine, played by Keanu Reeves, is an exorcist of demons attempting to buy his way to Heaven with each demon that he sends back to Hell. He has been marked by God with the gift of discerning supernatural beings.

Intelligent and arrogant, Constantine is plagued with questions of the trueness of God’s love for him. But after a conversation with an angel named Gabriel, he is assured to find God’s love. For Gabriel has promised to make the exorcist endure pain and suffering so that he will then be worthy of God’s love.

After a few scenes that seem like excerpts from “The Exorcist” and “Amityville Horror,” Constantine meets up with Angela Dodson, an LA police officer. Constantine finally learns the meaning of love and self-sacrifice. Dodson, a devout Catholic, is on a journey to find out why her twin sister committed suicide. This journey leads to the search for the “Spear of Destiny,” which delivered the final blow that killed Christ 2005 years ago. She finds herself lost in Constantine’s world of demons, devils, sorcery, angels and Biblical prophecy.

And the battle for the duo’s souls begins.

It was nonstop cataclysm in this game of spiritual warfare. Constantine’s ability to travel to and from the depths of Hell made the movie more suspenseful. I particularly enjoyed the special effects used with the demons. It really gave them the real-life effect needed for viewers to understand how big and powerful they truly are. Gavin Rosendale of Bush played a high-profile demon that was responsible for the deaths of many of Constantine’s friends.

I really dug this movie. I don’t think it was Biblically correct in many respects, but I think that, overall, it had a pretty powerful message.
Constantine said in the move that demons and angels aren’t allowed to come to our plane (Earth), so only half-breeds (half demon, half angel in human form) come to bless and torture the human race. But I don’t agree. I think that both can and do live here on Earth.

I thought the movie did a good job of portraying Satan’s motives-to kill, steal and destroy, as well as demonstrating suicide as a demon. I also enjoyed that it illustrated spiritual warfare in a modern society. I feel that is an accurate description of the world in which we live—one controlled by principalities of spiritual planes that we have never seen.

I would definitely suggest this movie for movie buffs, as well as for anyone who just wants to see a cool movie.

Although the movie was Biblically incorrect, I‘m excited that a mainstream movie was made that brings spirituality to the forefront. I enjoyed hearing comments from other moviegoers, after the movie, such as, “maybe demons are real.”

This was absolutely one of the best portrayals of the battle of good and evil that I have seen in a very long time. I didn’t know that Rosendale was capable of carrying out an acting role that complex, but he did a wonderful job.

A lot of naysayers of the movie seem to feel that Reeves’ acting was more mediocre and less worthy of praise. I, however, felt that he did an excellent job in portraying the arrogance of his character and the anger that some people feel toward God. I also thought he gave a great portrayal of the confusion that some people feel when they have been blessed (but feel cursed) with a powerful gift such as the one he had.

I think the movie was intense and gave a new Hollywood perspective on the spiritual realm of life. I give this movie a four-star rating.  There were a few scenes that were totally “Exorcist” and a few signs of demon presence that seemed to be copied from “Amityville,” but other than that, “Constantine” was a movie well worth the seven bucks it took to get in.