
Constantine
Francis Lawrence, 2005
John Constantine: Hellblazer
Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Alfredo Alcalá, 1988
Constantine is a movie directed by Francis Lawrence in 2005 and based on the comic book Hellblazer by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway and Alfredo Alcalá, first published in 1988. The movie features Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and others.
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“The movie is better than the comic book”
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Comic Book by John Shirley
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Storyline
In the Mexican countryside, a scavenger named Manuel finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church. In Los Angeles, occult detective John Constantine exorcises a girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth, which should not be possible under the rules of a standing wager between God and Lucifer for mankind’s souls.
Movie vs Book

Year
2005
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
Constantine
Director: Francis Lawrence
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Length: 2h1m
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Year
1988
Pages
256
Book Rate
8.24
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
John Constantine: Hellblazer
Author: Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Alfredo Alcalá
Country: USA
First published in: 1988
Length: 256 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Hellblazer
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
TV Series by Daniel Cerone, David S. Goyer
Movie by Doug Murphy
User polls & recommendations
“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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