The appeal of the occult American comic book “Constantine” [Mizumaru Kawahara’s CINEMONOLOGUE Vol.24]

A world adjacent to another world

Although his soul is firmly kept by Satan in Inferno, on earth he is not captured by anyone and does not belong anywhere. Constantine's lonely but nimble world is fascinating. There is always a danger of being targeted by monsters, as you have to line up bottles filled with holy water by the window of your room, but at the same time, if you step out into the city, you can connect with a world that is normally unknown to you. There are many enemies, but there are also people who belong to a mysterious world.

In this work, the three worlds of heaven, this world, and Inferno exist simultaneously and overlap, and ``half breeds'' are sent as agents from both heaven and Inferno to intervene in the human world. A limited number of people, like Constantine, can discover the true identity of half-breeds who live among humans, and can glimpse the existence of another world. Because they can interfere with humans, there are also half-breeds who mislead humans or do bad things, and when that happens, Constantine comes out and punishes them. I like how residents of another world blend into a seemingly normal world and have to deal with any trouble that arises, as it feels like a magical version of `` Men in Black .''

Gabriel, played by Tilda Swinton, may be a more memorable character than Constantine himself. Although he has the same name as Archangel Gabriel, he is a different person; he is a half-breed sent from the heavens, and is, so to speak, a half-angel. Gabriel tells Constantine, an old friend, that the extermination of demons he is doing is in the end only because he doesn't want to go to Inferno, and it is not a true good deed, so no matter how much he does, his fate will not change. He advises. The tight-fitting suit he wears when he first appears is cool, but the angelic formal attire he wears towards the end also suits him very well. This person is probably the only one who looks like this with wings.

The cast that still shines today and Constantine