The movie "Hell Detective" is a thriller fantasy film released in the United States in 2005, the protagonist is Kirou Reeves played by Constantine (commonly known as Scum Kang), he can see demons and angels from an early age, and this ability has caused him a lot of trouble since childhood.
Let's start with the plot breakdown:
After a failed suicide, he was tortured in hell 2 minutes after his death, so he decided to use his abilities to send the devil back to hell to protect mankind in exchange for the opportunity to go to heaven. But his exorcism methods are always unscrupulous, and he even chooses to sacrifice those around him to achieve his goals.
During an exorcism he discovers that demons are pouring into the world more and more, he senses something is wrong, during the investigation his doctor tells him that he has lung cancer (the sadness of the old smoking gun), he happens to meet a policeman on the way to find Gabriel, her sister commits suicide, and asks the priest to prepare a God funeral for his sister.
Because she didn't believe her sister would commit suicide because they were all devout believers (suicide was a grave sin and you couldn't go to heaven), but the priest refused. Later, when watching a video of her sister's death and preparing to find a suspicious point, her sister suddenly said the name Constantine, so she came to him for help, in fact, the heroine also has the ability to channel, but she has not been willing to believe, so this ability is lost, but for her sister, she hopes that Zakang will restore her ability, and then she understands everything that happens in hell and finds an important clue.
They learned that It turned out that Mammon, the son of Satan, did not want to be bound by his father and wanted to establish his kingdom on earth. But for this he needs a strong matrix to reborn himself, and the heroine is the best candidate.
Then, the heroine is taken away (Khan), at this time the hero comes to seek the help of The Midnight Daddy, with his help he learns the ins and outs of everything, it turns out that the boss behind the scenes is actually the archangel Gabriel, and the assistant who has been helping him when saving the heroine is killed again. When he was hanged, he decided to commit suicide to lure Satan out,
Because Satan always wanted his soul, he immediately appeared, he said that satan saved the heroine, and let her sister's soul go with him, satan did it, and when Satan dragged him into hell, he found that he was getting heavier.
It turned out that because his self-sacrifice had exceeded the sins of death, he was accepted by Heaven, he gave Satan a middle finger before going to heaven, but Satan would certainly not let him go so easily, he inserted his hand into his lungs, pulled out his lung cancer, he wanted to let the male protagonist continue to live in the human world, so that he had a chance to take him to hell, and this film ended.
The film's strong religious overtones are also tinged with a darker style, and its lead actor, Kirou Reeves, is brilliant in his transformation of Constantine's yaks, selfishness, and scorn for authority to later be willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of others.
And Gabriel, played by Tilda Weston in the film, shows the hypocritical and arrogant image of the archangel very naturally, from the belief in God, dedication, to the crazy display of the united son of Satan to invade the human world, the color tone of this film is relatively gray, just as the boundary between demons and angels in this film is not so clear, the surrounding is mostly a dilapidated background configuration, which echoes the religious style of this work, and this shooting method also determines the quality of the entire film in a large part.
In general, in addition to the religious overtones of this film, there is also effort in depth, gods and demons will never directly intervene in human choices, but will guide and tempt, depending on your choice.
In addition, dedication and sacrifice are also the issues we will explore in this film. There is also an Easter egg in this film that after the death of Constantine's assistant, he grew wings and returned to heaven, it turns out that he is arranged by God to help him by his side, God will not give up the world, but he will always help you in a casual way, so that you will not give up hope in a desperate situation.