*CONSTANTINE* left us mindf****d (First time watching reaction) 

I love the fact that this movie is finally getting some recognition. I think it holds up remarkably well.

One of my Top 5 favourite films... Keanu has said on TV, during an interview, that it is his most favourite movie, and the one he would most like to make a sequel for... and I couldn't agree more. Apparently he has petitioned directors and studios for years to make it... apparently it is coming, confirmed last year!!

Peter Stormare is still my favorite depiction of Lucifer. His performance in this movie is so damn good!

It's an interesting thing that you mentioned "It looks like a nuclear bomb went off" because that is exactly what the director was going for. Hell is at the constant instant of a nuclear bomb exploding and the hot shockwave blasting across the landscape.

The “Netflix colored hospital joke” genuinely caught me off guard in a funny way and I hope you guys do more :D

Constantine holds up so well. The cinematogrophy and extremely tasteful use of special effects makes the movie feel surprisingly timeless imo. Casting is also superb!

Thank you for watching the post credit scene. Everybody misses it!

This, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Blade and a some others are comic book movies that are nothing like the current era of comic book movies, which I also enjoy, but for different reasons. While this version of the character may differ from the comics, the attitude is there. It's great to see this movie finally start getting some of the attention it deserves.

Peter Stormare is pitch perfect as Lucifer. As movie portrayals of the devil go, he is second only to Viggo Mortensen in The Prophecy (which is also worth checking out if you can find it).

Fun fact: The demon Balthazar is played by Gavin Rossdale, aka the lead singer from the band Bush, and Gwen Stefani's ex.

Keanu Reeves has said on many occasions that he would love to do a second movie following this and has hinted at one recently but i dont know wether anything came of it. Its such a underrated movie and would love for the story to continue. ❤ ur reaction video. I cannot imagine anyone else playing Constantine, Keanu is just so unbelievably cool these type of roles Neo from matrix, John Wick,, and so many other roles are perfect for him. He is not only a great actor but a decent and kind human being too.

There was a novelization that filled in some of the gaps and yes, Chas was made into a half angel after his death. Presumably at least partially to look after John

This movie is WAY overlooked and underrated. Glad to see more people giving it the recognition and consideration it deserves, including you guys. It holds up so well.

I was legit hoping you'd notice some of the cool moments of the movie, but you went past them without the reaction I hoped haha When the dude at the start, the one that gets possessed, moves around... he is always looking around as if someone was behind him. So, when Constantine gets in the chair, we see that every time he did that at the start, he was sensing Constantine looking at him !!! It's an unnecessary yet such a cool addition to how fantastical the world is.

Keanu is perfect for this role. I couldn’t get enough of this movie and always wanted more, so it’s pretty much what got me into other stuff like Supernatural. I think it’s in the same realm of films like Dredd and The Crow where the actors pull off the role perfectly and it felt like it was made at exactly the right time.

25:16 it's the necklace he took off the priest at the start of the film. It's kinda like a talisman. It's the reason why the priest got easily "possessed" in a way by the demon and drowned himself with drinks. The priest is very much a psychic which I think is what made him very "stressed all the time" as you put it

FYI - you nailed it that Hell was like a nuclear explosion - the creators actual watched the old films of the 1950’s a-bomb tests and tried to make that moment when the initial heat wave blasted Nuke Town the eternal condition of hell. Pretty creepy/amazing effect

It's a great choice. Constantine is a fantastic movie. I actually got to attend the red carpet world premiere (won tickets on local radio). Keanu sat 3 rows behind me and I saw Shia in the bathroom.

I like to think that partly because of Papa Midnight's prayers and partly because of his faith and heroism, Chaz ascends from human to half Angel at the end.

I went to see this film at the cinema with my son and we were both just blown away with how great it was. The cinematography, action, storyline and just because there was a leading lady they didn't hook up. And the casting and acting OMG just off the charts brilliant.

While I personally prefer the way Constantine is portrayed in Hellblazer comics, still found this enjoyable as a standalone movie.

always a pleasure watching your reactions, and if you want more Keanu , there is "Johnny Mnemonic", or if you want more Angel's there's "Dogma"

Constantine is such an awesome movie, and it still really holds up today. Peter Stormare's Lucifer is the best performance. For only a few minutes of screen time, you never forget it. When Keanu Reeves was asked about all of his characters and if there was one he'd like to play again, his answer was "Constantine."

One of my fave movies. For taking a deep dive in the heaven and hell play, it doesn't get boring or heavy or like you need more time to explain things properly. Constantine's dryness and cut to the bone way to explain things is wonderful. The cast is just so wonderful. Lucifer is scary as fuck. And Tilda as Gabriel...considering that angels are supposed to not have gender...to be both and none at the same time, it's a perfect fit. Also, Chaz pretty much takes Gabriel position as angel.

I would love to see Nic Cage and Keanu in a buddy cop type movie or a movie fighting against each other. Would make zillions

So fun fact, multiple writers of Constantine's comic book, Hellblazer, have claimed to have met him in real life. There is a little bit about it on John Constantine's wikipedia page. Also, Hellblazer is an incredible comic and very very much worth the read!

In the extended cut John was actually sleeping with a halfbreed demon. The girl in the front when he set off the sprinkler system who said “Holy water?” She was actually teasing him about what would happen when he gets to hell.

I watched this movie hundreds of times and it's one of my favourites ever but I never knew there was a post credits scene.

All of the critics and my friends hated this movie when it came out ; I absolutely loved it back then and even more now , and compared to the movies that come out now this is citizen Kane lol

It’s a quiet moment, but I like the breath he takes while his face is still in the water; the way he feels his lungs are clear

"That skinny fella and his fat friend." is in reference to a detective series in the 90s called Jake and the Fat Man.

I laughed way harder than anybody should have at the beeman joke

Truly a modern classic. I would love to know what horrible thing went terribly wrong in the marketing or the release of this movie that relegated it to the discount DVD bin in most gas stations... because it is just a truly incredible film on so many levels!

That shot of Gabriel coming into this plane of existence by slamming down with their foot on John's throat... It's an overused word these days, but my God, what an iconic shot.

Great reaction guys. Constatine is a fantastic "dark" movie. It came out during a decade of similarly occult toned movies (Devil's Advocate, End of Days, 9th Gate, etc.) and the start of quality comic book-based films. That perfect conflux gave us Constatine. It isn't fully faithful to the source material, but what we got was amazing. Glad you watch it.

Balthazar is played by rock star Gavin Rossdale (lead singer of Bush) and former husband of Gwen Stefani. Also, when I worked at 20th Century Fox, I ran into Peter Stomare (Lucifer) on the lot when he was headed to a costume fitting in the building where I worked. He showed up for the fitting in short-shorts and a My Little Pony tshirt and backpack. Just a wonderful weirdo, I'm a fan. He's done several movies with Keanu.

This movie was great! The casting, the cinematography, all of it. I love what they did to Gabriel(Tilda) Angels are genderless if I'm not mistaken and Tilda is the perfect fit for it. Her looks are on point.

One of Tilda Swinton's best roles. Top tier character portrayal. Iconic.

John in the comics is a blond Liverpudlian who lives in London, looks a little like Sting from "The Police" Keanu was PERFECTLY cast. All jokes aside, he did a great job with what he was given.

BTW, Keanu Reeves has stated multiple times that he'd LOVE to do a sequel to this! Its also funny you said Nicolas Cage would be great as Constantine, because for a time they were considering Reeves to be the new iteration of Ghost Rider in the MCU!

I am so glad that you both are doing this film! I really hope you do Speed Racer soon! ALSO... COLUMBO...COLUMBO!!!!

This movies depiction of hell is extremely unsettling for me. Just a mass of people endlessly climbing over one another, desperate for escape.

Things I never noticed till you guys watched this years after I had seen this: The constant crosses. But I also just noticed the crosses on the water jugs in Constantine's apartment. I had always focused more on the water jugs jiggling cos the demons were coming for Angela. But now I noticed the crosses scratched into them. That explains why he has so much water so hell always have a supply of holy water. Also it's kinda apt that Angela is named Angela and it's set in Los Angeles. I ha noticed the pregnant virgin imagery with the way Mamon came through in Angela's stomach and how she felt something in her belly when she got pulled away through the elevators and buildings. But then I noticed that John, Beeman and the priest who are all psychic were never targets of Mamon. But all the women were the psychics that were targeted. The little Chinese girl at the beginning, Isabel and Angela were all female and that the whole prophecy about how the blood of God is needed to birth the son of the devil. The whole birth imagery wis so subtle there.

I always felt this movie had the same campy vibe as the first Mummy movie. They each went hard on their modern portrayal of their genre (noir and adventure pulp stories), and they both ended up having Rachel Weisz, lol. There's just something so charming about the combination of a wild premise and setting, with the show taking itself seriously. Other greats that do that are like Ghostbusters, or Indiana Jones, etc. I know this movie didn't follow the comics perfectly, but it was a great version nonetheless and I hope the sequel does go forward as it really is a fun version of the universe they've set up.

It feels like it's been ages since there has been a movie release that has just been straight up cool like a lot of things from this era. Just straight up fun, for adults but with some of that magic "I'm watching a movie and I love it" feeling from childhood too (just more jaded). Also, I worked at a cinema when this came out and we gave out free temporary tattoos like Constantine's forearm tattoos with every ticket. It was such a blast and seeing how much fun people had with it was awesome.

The camera angles and shots like how you would view a scene with the mood is amazing. The DVD Special features are a blast, especially about the props, the lighter, gun and brass knuckles, etc.

The fact that Keanu wants to do a sequel to this absolute banger of a movie and it wasn’t made immediately is a crime!

Fun fact: It was God flipping off Lucifer, not Constantine

This is definitely an interesting movie. I will say that the Constantine of the comics is so much deeper and more interesting of a character. The action is the most out of place aspect when you compare this to the comics. Constantine is a shady, morally ambiguous character, and the work as a whole doesn't neatly fit into a hollywood blockbluster formula. Not trying to take away from the movie at all. Keanu Reeves is always delightful, and the movie has a lot of positives going for it. The ending where Constantine deals with the devil is perhaps the most true to the original set of stories that you get. He's always trying to get more powerful entities to do his dirty work for him. Keep up the good work, guys. I'm loving the reactions!

PLEASE READ MY COMMENT. Hello Chris and Altaf! My name is Lucas and I'm from Brazil. I recently discovered your channel and I just LOVED it! I watched some of your videos and came to this one. And that's what I wanted your attention on. This movie was one of my stepfather's favorites, who raised me and I miss it so much. We watched this movie NUMEROUS TIMES, and we still always had a good time. But today I had a surprise, I didn't know about the existence of this post-credit scene... And I don't think my father knew either... At first I was very sad, because he left without knowing that his favorite movie had a secret ... But now I feel that through me, and also through you, he saw firsthand something new from his favorite movie. I just wanted to leave here for you my gratitude for this moment.

I watch this movie at least once a month. I sometimes play it for background noise when I’m going to sleep. Keanu=🖤

One of the most underrated movies of the 2000s

This movie drops so many clues to Chaz's secret ANGELIC nature, like... John treats Chaz like crap because he knows what he is. (With the same distane he treats Gabriel.) Chaz can see the demon in the mirror that drops on his taxi without being effected by it. (He sees it as the mirror first flies out of the window face down then it flips over.) Chaz can't get into the neutral club because he's not neutral. Chaz knows tons of demonic lore. Chaz made the Holy shotgun shells. Chaz blesses the water. (Only Holy people can bless something.) Chaz blesses the woman with a prayer and is then killed. And according to biblical lore humans can go to Heaven but they CAN'T become Angels. So Chaz appearing as an angel literally means he was one the whole time. Now, if you rewatch the movie, knowing this about Chaz ahead of time, you'll see it all more clearly.

a movie that definitely had to have a sequel! but, as it happened with other quality movies,... by the way, when I watched the black widow and saw Rachel Wise there, the first thing I thought was: "- she hasn't aged a second since Constantine so far". apparently she has mastered the time-stopping trick!!!

John Constantine John Wick Johnny Silverhand Johnny Mnemonic Johnny Utah Jonathan Harker I sense a pattern

Easily one of my favorite depictions of Lucifer; hot damn, does Peter Stormare crush that role. Sure, Constantine gets a ton wrong with the title character, but the world and people in it are so lush and interesting that it isn't hard to overlook where the movie fumbles.

I've watched a handful of your videos now and is enjoyable as they are, I keep wondering how you guys haven't seen so many of these amazing classics already. You guys can't be that old I'm assuming.

Yes, Chaz Kramer was, in fact, a halfbreed. Remember John called them "influence peddlers"?

This movie is like 90% rule of cool. One of my favorite bits about this movie is that no one eats in it- even in the scene where they’re “eating” they just shuffle the food around the plate, or pick it up and put it down. It’s some classic acting choices to deal with multiple takes and the fact that the food was probably cold for most of them.

The film is a BIG departure from the comics but is still very solid and fun to watch. John Constantine in the comics uses much more magic, less "parafernalia weaponry" even though it does have artifacts and weapons and such. In the comics Constantine is pretty sure to live a long life because he has sold his soul to THREE different demon lords so until they decide who deserves it more he's pretty much safe-ish

This movie is one of my absolute all time favorites 🖤 Constantine is an amazing character and Tilda Swinton elevates tuis movie to a whole other level 🪽 Im so excited for the sequel

I love this movie! Keanu and Tilda Swinton are amazing!

A better movie than it's rumor suggests. I hope the sequel will happen.

Yees, love this movie. And we're finally getting a sequel!

This movie was an underrated gem. I hope we get another one with Keanu someday.

In the comic Constantine beats the cancer by convincing the first (Lucifer), the second and the third of the fallen (high level demons of equal strength, opposed to each other) to cure him, because if one of them would get his soul (and it's power) the ensueing infight would weaken all three of them so much that god would win.

The closest you'll get to seeing Nicolas Cage as Constantine is the movie Drive Angry

All these years, and I never knew that there was a post-credits scene! And the actor you're looking for that played the Devil was Peter Stormare.

I think that this movie really gets the essence of a lot of great Constantine stories. John is an irredeemable bastard, but he's very *very* good at what he does. He actively hates his life, but isn't gonna let some two bit beast kill him. He's hoping he'll get to heaven, but he's cursed to be sentenced to eternal torment doing what he can to help people.

Keep in mind that this is VERY much a unique take on the entire Constantine mythos, and is supposed to be set in the DC universe

Since a ton of other posters have already mentioned the awesomeness of Peter Stormare, I'll refrain from waxing poetic about him in this film and instead bemoan the fact that Gavin Rossdale didn't pursue a side-career in acting after this movie, as he was amazing in it. Seriously, he totally pulled off the sinister and suave villain. Given how big of a role his music played in my teen years it was a bit weird to see him in this movie, but damn me if he didn't kill his part in it!

What a great movie this is, and how well it holds up. Amazing. I know it's not a comic accurate Constantine but this has always been my Constantine. Keanu at his best in this movie he's awesome.

The CGI on this movie still holds up to this day. Better than many marvel movies.

Even though this version of Constantine is pretty different from his comic version this is still such a great movie. I hear they might be making a sequel to this. Hopefully it will be good.

Knowing nothing about this is definitely the best way to go into this movie, because the opposite is most likely going to lead to disappointment

I'm sure you have seen these but I'll throw in the suggestions of Sin City, Boondock Saints, Lucky Number Slevin, and Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels! Love you guys!

They actually announced a sequel is finally in the works a short while ago. However, the writers strike might have put a temper on that and I'm not sure it will actually really happen at this point.

when asked what movie he'd love to do a sequel for the most, keanu said this. for good reason its such a great supernatural action flick and one of the movies that spurred my crush on tilda swinton, angel tilda is...

Constantine is just incredible. I really hope the sequel is made and that the script is stellar

Watching y'all watch some of my fav movies has been a great way to relive them. Thanks for the nostalgia, and the new memories!

Love this movie. Can't wait to see Keanu and Stormare again in the new movie.

Been waiting for a sequel to this movie since it's release! The hell sequences and VFX were done by Digital Domain, while the demons and character make up effects were done by Oscar Winning company Stan Winston Studios.

"We're just finger puppets to them" is a beautiful metaphoric line.

The reason this film is so stylized is because the director Francis Lawrence started out as a music video director like David Fincher who directed "Fight Club" and "Seven" .

They didn't mention it in the movie, but the cloth Constantine lights on fire to kill the demons is a cut of Moses' robe. Cool little tidbit I thought

I need to rewatch this. The prevailing memory I have of it is "Wow, this was much better than everyone said."

Its a great movie but the series is better shame it only got one series. Matt ryans constantine does appear in some other stuff though.

I was so surprised how easy it was to rewatch it like 5 times. And so hard to make me rewatch a movie especially if it's good I'm too good at remembering details. But this one oh... It's such a good movie.

And Keanu confirmed that he has been approached for a sequel, which he is very interested in doing.

I literally have a set of brass knuckle paperweights and a movie 1:1 sized lighter both movie replicas absolutely LOVE this movie its one of my all time favorites

Konstantin is one of DC'S best comics/movies /series/animations .I still love how Keanu played Konstantin.

Gavin Rossdale ( lead singer of Bush ) coming in during the midnight conversation was such a mind blower.

Who else thinks Keanu would make a great Dirty Harry? 14:20 - I don’t think I ever caught the “I don’t believe in the devil” // “He believes in you” exchange between John & the Detective, so that line later from Beeman, which is my favorite, is also an awesome reverse-callback 😊 29:25 - Also just figured out the possible double meaning of “when you get back, see me about membership” line, given the deleted / post-credit scene. Clever movie being clever 😄 37:00 - I like to think that it’s the weight of God’s love that makes him too heavy for Lu to take him to hell.

9:46 fun fact in “The Fountain” (2006) by Darren Aronofsky, Rachel Weisz also plays a character named Isabel/Izzy who is terminally ill like Constantin.

I can't tell you how many times and watch this movie but thank you for posting it it's really awesome to watch RU-vid make commentaries

I've watched this movie 5 or 6 times and never saw the extra scene at the end. Thanks guys.

good job there,, is one of my all time favriots movies and i´m happy to hear that Constantine 2 is coming to cinemas 2024

Thx guys for reacting on this Movie. One of my favorites!

Nice reaction/commentary on the film, Guys. This was a pretty awesome movie. Looking forward to Constantine 2 with Keanu back as John!

This is one of my favorite rewatch movies. I first saw it shortly after it was released on DVD and I've lost count of how many times I've rewatched it since. I strongly recommend a rewatch - there are many subtle threads that that you'll catch more of over the course of a couple of watches.