With the ability to identify angels and demons as they exist on Earth, Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is tormented and set apart from other people. He is self destructive and angry, yet he does the right thing in protecting the citizens of Los Angeles from the dark forces that surround them. However, when he falls in love with a cop (Rachel Weisz), everything begins to change.
THEATRICAL RELEASE: FEBRUARY 18, 2005
HD-DVD Features:
Elite Red HD Case
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound MLP 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French (Quebec), Latin Spanish
Subtitles - English SDH, English, French, Latin Spanish - Optional
Closed Captioned - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailers
Commentaries - 1. Francis Lawrence - Director, Akiva Goldsman - Producer
2. Kevin Brodbin, Frank Cappello - Screenwriters
Featurettes - 1. "18 Minutes of Deleted Scenes, Including an Alternate Ending"
2. "Channeling CONSTANTINE"
3. "Conjuring CONSTANTINE"
4. "Director's Confessional"
5. "Collision with Evil"
6. "Holy Relics"
7. "Shotgun Shootout"
8. "Hellscape"
9. "Visualizing Vermin"
10. "Warrior Wings"
11. "Unholy Abduction"
12. "CONSTANTINE's Cosmology"
13. "Foresight: The Power of Previsualization - with Optional Commentary by Director Francis Lawrence"
14. "Demon Face"
15. Music Video - A Perfect Circle - "Passive"
Distributor Notes: Constantine
Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels and written by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, Constantine tells the story of John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has literally been to hell and back. When he teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost.
Source: Warner Home Video
Stars
Rachel Weisz: British Actress, THE MUMMY (1999)
Keanu Reeves: American Actor, MATRIX (1999)
Shia LaBeouf: Actor, HOLES (2003)
Tilda Swinton: Oscar winning British actress, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Pruitt Taylor Vince: Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou: Actor, AMISTAD
Gavin Rossdale: Lead Singer, Bush
Peter Stormare: Swedish Supporting Actor
Director
Francis Lawrence: Director, CONTSTANTINE (2005)
Producer
Lauren Shuler Donner: Producer
Benjamin Melniker: Executive Producer, CATWOMAN (2004)
Michael Uslan: Executive Producer, CATWOMAN (2004)
Erwin Stoff:
Akiva Goldsman:
Screenwriter
Kevin Brodbin: Screenwriter, MINDHUNTERS (2004)
Frank Cappello: Director
Composer
Brian Tyler: Composer
Klaus Badelt: Musical Composer/Performer
Editor
Wayne Wahrman: Editor, CONSTANTINE (2005)
Director of Photography
Philippe Rousselet: French Producer
Executive Producer
Gilbert Adler: Producer/"Certain Fury"
Executive Producer
Michael Aguilar: Executive Producer, OUT COLD (2001)
Production Designer
Naomi Shohan: Production Designer, CONSTANTINE (2005)
Costume Designer
Louise Frogley: Costume Designer, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (2005)
Review 1:
"CONSTANTINE has enough subtextual codes to spawn its own cult."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.118 03/10/2005
Review 2:
"[D]irector Francis Lawrence pulls off some canny support casting and uses the effects budget well..."
Source: Uncut
p.135 04/01/2005
Review 3:
"CONSTANTINE is an FX-packed, noir-drenched adaptation..."
Source: Movieline's Hollywood Life
p.88 02/01/2005
Review 4:
"As with the entire genre, much of the fun comes from the loopy theology and shuffling of occult macguffins..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.51-52 04/01/2005
Review 5:
"Reeves is an unexpectedly decent fit, all cigarette-punctuated, screw-this detachment..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.54 07/29/2005