The short golden sword that the Mexican finds underground at the beginning of the film is the spear of longinus, officially known as the "Gun of Destiny". According to the Bible, when Jesus was crucified, a soldier named Longinus stabbed him with a gun, and when Jesus' blood dripped into Longinus's eyes, he was inspired to become a saint. The Gun of Longinus is the only weapon that has ever harmed God and has unparalleled power, so at the end of the film, the "Gun of Longinus" stained with the blood of Jesus is used to open the door to the reincarnation of the Son of the Devil.
It turns out that Jesus was not crucified.
The devil attached to the little girl
The little girl in the opening scene is possessed by the scavenger of hell. Later, when Constantine went to hell to find Isabel, his ugly appearance could be clearly seen—no brain, no eyes, and only a sense of smell to find prey. In Dandin's Divine Comedy, the souls of cowards linger outside the gates of hell who are both rejected by heaven and accepted by hell (somewhat similar to what China calls lonely ghosts). Hell Scavengers are specifically designed to clean up these souls. In the film, Constantine uses a mirror to collect the devil, which is said to be because the devil has a serious narcissistic tendency, and will drill into it as soon as he sees the mirror (looking so disgusting and narcissistic...). ）
Fat Priest's Amulet
There is a chubby priest in the film, who always drinks alcohol and also has mana (but his mana is average, and the film begins with him exorcising the little girl and has to ask Constantine for help). He had a small amulet he carried with him, a small thing called "triquetra", which in Christianity represents the Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; in Celtic mythology it represents the three-faced goddess of maiden, mother, and old woman; and in Norse mythology it represents Odin. In modern times this symbol has been given the meaning of evil, and some people say that this pattern is composed of three 6's in the Bible, and the number 666 is considered to be the mark of Satan, and those who are marked with this mark will be sent to hell. Therefore, among the superstitious people in the West, 666 is a very unlucky number. Britain's transport department has even ordered the cancellation of all license plates with 666. Research on this inauspicious number has been so loud that some people have even extrapolated Bill Gates' name to 666, so that Bill Gates will be the destroyer of the world (it does not sound like any truth at all), but the idea of linking triquetra to Satan is not universally accepted.
Konstantin's tattoo
In the film, Constantine has a tattoo on his left and right forearms, an ancient alchemical symbol called the "Perfect Red King", which consists of a flame triangle and three arrows shot from the center, representing the sulfur used in alchemy, which is a powerful male element. At the end of the film, Constantine puts his arms together and recites the mantra "into the light, i command thee", a spell that pulls away the darkness around him and leaves nowhere to hide the black hand behind the scenes hidden in the shadows. Sure enough, Constantine was then trampled under the feet of the archangel behind the scenes... The giant is incomparable!!!!
Symbol of the Son of the Devil
The devil who almost ran out of the heroine's belly at the end of the film is called mammon, whose name means "wealth, treasure" in Hebrew, and according to this meaning he is a bit like the Chinese god of wealth... But this foreign god of wealth is not as kind as in Chinese mythology, and he will tempt people to kill each other for wealth. His symbol appears several times in the film, in which the circle represents spiritual power (also represents noble morality), the cross represents material power (also represents body, desire), and the whole symbol indicates that he wants to destroy the balance of good and evil, trying to make material power above spiritual energy.
The "weapon" provided by Biman
Constantine's friend Biman (the guy who likes to collect bugs and eventually dies of bugs) provides Constantine with a variety of bizarre "weapons", and there are three special manifestations of its power in the film: holy water balls, screaming beetles, and dragon breaths.
The "holy water" is blessed water with the power of God, and is contained in a spherical container in the film, which can weaken the power of demons (but not kill directly), and can also be used to bring Constantine back from hell to the human world, both of which are expressed in the film. The "Screaming Beetle" is packed in a cigarette case, which is specifically designed for a close-up, and we can clearly see that it says "cleopatra", the flagship product of the Oriental Tobacco Company in Egypt. When the cigarette case is shaken, the screaming beetle inside makes a sound similar to rubbing the floor, which is harmless to people but unbearable to the devil. The "Breath of the Dragon" is an ancient flamethrower containing the liquid flame of the dragon kan-gore. The dragon kan-gore is said to be Satan's pet and is responsible for guarding the library of Hell.
Constantine's "weapon"
In addition to the three strange weapons provided by Biman, Constantine also shows three other weapons: Moses' cloth, gold finger holster, and divine shotgun.
"Moses' cloth" may not be noticed by many people, in the film about 37 minutes, Constantine and the heroine Angela encountered the devil flying in the dark on the street, when Constantine wrapped a piece of cloth around his wrist and lit it with a lighter, and in the intense light, the devil vanished. This piece of cloth is the "cloth of Moses", which is said to be a fragment of the clothes that Moses wore when he ascended the Mount of the Ten Commandments.
The Golden Finger "appears around 70 minutes into the film, with Constantine taking it with the great demon Balthazar. The gold used in the gold finger set was blessed by the archbishop Annicott during the Crusades, and the four protrusions on it were engraved with crosses, so they were extremely effective against demons.
The "Sacred Shotgun" is the most eye-catching weapon in the film, said to have been made by an Italian craftsman in the 15th century, the shotgun is made of gold, and the barrel is a cross. The bullets fired are also engraved with crosses, which are highly lethal to demons.
The demon "Balthazar"
The guy was an out-and-out bastard, and two of Constantine's friends were killed by him. In the film, he is usually a handsome gentleman, and he always plays with a coin in his hand. But in fact, he is made up of countless filthy things such as bugs, crabs, and rats.
He fights Konstantin in the streets with his prototype body, which shows the power of the aforementioned "screaming beetle". When the demon "Baldasha" borrowed fire from Constantine, who was crouching on the side of the street coughing, Constantine realized that the demon had provoked him, so he pulled out a "cleopatra" cigarette case containing the "screaming beetle". Whenever the Screaming Beetle makes a cry, the demon Baldasha falls apart. The demon "Baldasha" is not afraid of returning to hell, but he is terrified of going to heaven, where the sins he bears will bring eternal punishment from God. So, when Constantine pulled out the Bible and recited his last prayer for him, he panicked and confessed the plot of the coming of the Son of Satan.
Origin of the name – Balthazar, the last king of Babylon, served wine in the Holy Grail that his father, Nebuchadnezzar, stole from the temple in Jerusalem at a banquet for a thousand dignitaries. That night, the sacrilegious person was punished by God and burdened his descendants. Now, the words balthazar and nebuchadnezzar are used for the names of champagne containers.
Gabriel and Lucifer
The archangel gabriel is one of the seven great angels of creation around God, and is the second in command among the three-level nine-layer angels at this stage, and his status is quite high. It is said that the Message of the Virgin Mary's remembrance of Jesus and His resurrection was conveyed by her. Gabriel's role as both death and destruction and life light shows that she is a contradictory combination, and it is not surprising that the crazy ideas in the film appear.
But because of his/her peculiar understanding of the concept of human atonement—that is, the rule that no matter how serious the crimes of life, you can be forgiven by repentance to God," he or she conspired to bring disasters to earth to inspire true human faith. This practice was undoubtedly against God's will, so in a later confrontation with Satan, God revoked all his/her spiritual power, and his wings were burned by the fire of hell and he fell into ordinary humanity.
However, compared with lucifer, the demon leader in the film, Gabriel is only a small junior. Lucifer was known as the "six-winged angel" (the highest rank among the angels), but later he led a third of the angels to rebel, and finally lost the battle and fell to hell. All the fallen angels have changed their appearance to be abominable, but Lucifer has retained his glorious image. Because of Lucifer's rebellion, Gabriel was able to "promote", which shows that the two are old acquaintances, no wonder Gabriel shouted his three titles when he saw Lucifer, "son of perdition" (little horn), and most unclean(most unclean)".
Then the fellow wanted to see, extra red-eyed, Gabriel wanted to defeat Lucifer, not to mention that in the film Gabriel lost the support of God and became a mortal, even if she did not lose her mana, how could she be Lucifer's opponent, it must be known that Lucifer was against God, even Jesus was not qualified to fight with him, let alone a small Gabriel. The fire of hell directly burned her wings...
In the movie, Lucifer and satan always exchanged calls, and only after understanding it did they understand that Satan was originally just a title. Lucifer became one of the most famous "Satanic" demon kings because of his defection, so Lucifer and Satan are almost equal.
Mammon
He vainly crossed the authority of his father Satan and tried to come to earth to build his own hell, and if Constantine had not cleverly recruited Satan, the world would have perished and the balance between hell and heaven would have been broken. Gabriel's attempt to use the catastrophe that Manmon brought to humanity to inspire true faith was undoubtedly naïve, for only Satan, the second father of the universe, could subdue him.
Manmun, the Son of Satan, corresponds to Jesus, the Son of God (if You God comes chaotically, I will not be allowed to continue the incense?). But Satan's blood alone is not enough for him to be born on earth, he must have the blood of God. Therefore, the spear of fate at the beginning of the film becomes the key clue to guide the development of the entire film.
The origin of the name is mammon, a demonic name that arose among the Jews between the Old and New Testaments, also known as amimon, which means "wealth" in The Old and Old Syriac language. It is the evil god of wealth that tempts people to kill each other for wealth. In Paradise Lost, the angels who have been sent to hell discover countless treasures under the command of Mammon to build their own temples.
Satan/Lucifer's feet
Satan descends slowly from the ceiling, and the viewer clearly sees the black mud on both feet, while the rest of the body is dressed in leather and spotless. It is estimated that many people wonder how this king of hell can have such an outrageous dress, after all, this is Satan who has fought against God for countless years and has been a beautiful, holy, and powerful archangel Lucifer. This question has also been raised in foreign forums, but no one seems to have explained it well.
For me, the source of the mud on Satan's feet is obvious. Konstantin went to hell by putting his feet in the water, so satan came to earth and put his feet in the water! Except that there was no basin in hell, only ashes from the eternal flames, and it was clear where the mud on his feet came from.
Some people have said that there is only fire in hell, and where can there be water, is this nonsense?
Oh, hell on the surface is no water only fire, but the lower layer of hell has. The Divine Comedy has a gorgeous depiction of Satan's abode and his image. Satan is at the center of the earth (the core) and is punished in a glacial lake that never melts. In addition, in some layers of hell (a total of 9 floors), there are some rivers. These are not one of Constantine's worldview settings, but there is water in hell that is certain.
The little white note in twin Esabell's hand when he died
That is, what she gave Constantine was the baby's information recorded in the hands of the baby in the hospital at the time of the baby's birth, and after Konstantin got it, he understood that the dead woman and the female police officer were twin sisters, and in theology, Gabriel was listed as the reincarnation angel to guide the soul to rebirth and make the woman fertile. Therefore, Gabriel should bring the creed of the baby that is about to be born.
Return to Hell
Constantine could not go in and out of hell without water, using a washbasin when he went in, and a holy water bottle he carried with him when he returned.
Water is the medium through which both man and hell can travel. The process of entering hell is very clear without explanation, when you come back, do you pay attention? He smashed the holy water bottle in his chest pocket and returned to the human world.
Before Constantine goes to hell, he examines Angela's relics that Isabel retrieved from the hospital and finally chooses Isabel's cat. Note: This cat is not Angela's. Although it has appeared in Angela's bedroom (note the scene of Angela waking up from a nightmare), it is easy to understand that the sister will keep her pet at her sister's house when she is hospitalized. After questioning the cat's owner, Constantine decides to carry the cat (named "Duck") into hell. Because the cat is a mysterious animal, "half in hell, half in the world", the information left by the cat is easy to know her location.
When she found Isabel, she turned and said "Constantine" and jumped into the entrance to hell. This is exactly the mysterious message she left for her sister on the surveillance video at the hospital before (as if it was a bit of a time to transfer). Otherwise Angela wouldn't have gone to Konstantin for help.
Suicide
In Christianity, suicide is sinful. Only God can judge the world, and those who commit suicide will never go to heaven, but only to hell. Constantine has had superpowers since childhood and can see a lot of things that normal people can't see. What is unbearable is not the intimidation of what is seen, but the pressure caused by the world's incomprehension. As a result, Kang committed suicide while in a nursing home, but after a journey through hell, he was rescued. Therefore, he was branded as never to enter heaven, and Satan would not let go of this soul that was once his own. In the film, Angela and her sister Isabe are also sisters with psychic abilities since childhood, forced by the pressure of the normal world, the sister keyi suppresses her ability to become a normal person, but the sister insists on what she sees, is put in a nursing home, and finally commits suicide.
I remember that in the Spirit Watercress, it was also said that if a person commits suicide, he must not be overborn, and the soul will repeat the action of suicide. I didn't think catholicism was the same thing. It seems that suicide is cursed.
Self-sacrifice
Konstantin became an exorcist because he wanted to please God and qualify for heaven by doing so. Time and again, he confirmed to Gabriel whether this would eliminate the sin of his previous suicide, and Gabriel's answer to him was always ambiguous. "Do what you're supposed to do" Perhaps such an act of doing your own thing does not move God and get forgiveness. Angela certainly didn't want her sister to go to hell, and Kang knew it. In his dealings with Satan, Constantine exchanged his soul for Isabelle's. Of course, it was not to resurrect her, but to exchange Isabelle's soul for heaven above. It is said that I do not go to hell, who goes to hell. As Satan dragged his booty happily toward hell, the holy light of heaven shone on Constantine, who slowly rose to the sky and raised his middle finger to Satan. Sacrifices not made for one's own ends were affirmed by God.
Human and crossing
Hell-earth-heaven, like a sandwich. The human world is sandwiched in the middle. The 3 realms all have strict boundaries, and in principle, they cannot be crossed casually, except for God. Even the son of Satan cannot pass freely. If it is suddenly found that a large number of species that should not appear in the human world have appeared, it means that there are problems in other realms. The human world is also quite pitiful, and if you want to reach the other 2 realms, you can only go after death. This thin layer, God wants to protect, Satan wants to occupy, so many stories are deduced.
Jesus, the Son of God, is known to all the people of the earth. Jesus was crucified in order to redeem mankind, and a spear stained with the blood of Jesus is the spear of life. It is said that whoever gets this spear can get the world. Satan also has sons, and Satan's sons also want to possess the human world to show his strength. But as has been said before, even the Son of Satan cannot cross the boundary and enter the human world at will. He needs a media, he needs a helper. As a sister with superpowers, she is the best media. Of course my sister knew, so she committed suicide. The sister deliberately turned a blind eye, and eventually became the media for Satan's son to enter the human world. And the helper, the most ironic. It is recorded in the Black Bible (Satan's Bible, as opposed to the current orthodox Bible) that the Son of Satan must receive God's help in order to enter the world in this way. Of course it couldn't be God, the archangel Gabriel played that role. This verse is not seen in the Orthodox Bible. Gabriel said, "Why do human beings receive God's favor?" They commit adultery, but no matter how serious their sins, as long as they pray, they will receive God's forgiveness. Therefore, the human world needs a purges, and only those who survive the disaster have noble sentiments and are worthy of God's love.