Garrett Dalton-Constantine

The film Constantine features a combination of Hollywood special effects and a story incorporating Catholic Dogma and other religious mythology. The story centers on the chain-smoking loner John Constantine who is charged with defending the humanity from the forces of darkness. The movie states that humanity is caught in a game between heaven and hell in which humans are constantly being influenced by either side. Most theologians would have complaints on the subject matter, which portrays Christianity in a less than ideal light. One example of this would be Gabriel the Angel and her allegiance with the son of the devil. There also seems to be no grey area with concern to sin and salvation. When someone commits a sin they are doomed to eternal damnation, which is the case of John Constantine who attempted suicide at a young age. The films makes great emphasis about the hypocritical nature of Christianity. Human beings are not supposed to commit sins, but are constantly bombarded with the opposite. There are quite a few interesting easter eggs to be found within the film. The opening scene shows a couple of men scrounging around in a dilapidated church. One falls through the floor only to discover the Spear of Destiny. The Spear of Destiny was said to have been used to wound Jesus Christ while he was on the cross. Popular mythology holds that whoever possesses the Spear will be invincible in the face of their enemies. In the movie the spear was wrapped in a Nazi flag. Adolph Hitler was a firm believer in the occult and in fact captured the Spear of Destiny when Germany annexed Austria prior to WWII. The film implies that the Spear was smuggled to Mexico after the fall of Nazi Germany. There were in fact former members of the Nazi party that fled to South and Central American after the war, however the Spear itself was recovered by the American army during the capture of Nuremburg.