20 DC Movies - Constantine

- Constantine (2005)

When God created mankind, his first creation, Lucifer, the Satan rebelled against him and caused a civil war in Heaven.

Unsurprisingly, the Devil lost against his father, the creator of everything, and was condemned to Hell for all eternity.

As time passed, the Devil used the souls of humans to create his own race that was no weaker than Angeles - the Demons.

And so, the God and Satan made a bet.

The souls of sinners would be condemned to Hell to be claimed by Satan, and those of pure hearted would find a place for themselves in Heaven.

According to their agreement, pure angels and full-blooded Demons could not directly manifest on Earth, but could possess or influence humans, and even send half-breeds in the mortal realm to spread their influence.

However, this was a wager without conclusion. Mankind is both kind and treacherous, they are good as they are bad.

So the number of souls in Heaven was almost always approximately the same as those in Hell.

As a result, they had this standing wager to this day.

This day, the twenty first century, year 2005.

New York City, the city that never sleeps.

This was a quiet night for most people, but like always, monsters existed behind this facade of everyday life and they wore many faces.

A woman in white patient's gown was standing at the very edge of a high hospital building.

The wind was high tonight, "SWOOO! WHOOOO!!", sound of wind whistled in her ears.

She felt cold, yet free. Truly free, probably for the first time in her life.

Isabel Dowson was a powerful psychic.

Psychic were an extremely rare group of individuals whose souls were much stronger than normal people, and because of that, they were able to see ethereal beings on physical plane of reality.

Be it the wandering souls of the dead, Demons, Angels, or identifying hybrids, psychics could see them all.

Isabel had been able to see these things since she was very little, so like any other naive child her age would do, she told her parents about it.

But they were just simple folks. They couldn't understand what was happening to their daughter. They admitted her to a mental hospital, where she stayed till this day.

But she couldn't bear it anymore.

Both God and Satan prevented their subjects from entering the physical plane because it was mutually beneficial for both.

God ordered his Angels to not interfere with mortal world's affairs and to allow them free will. And Satan used his Nigh-Omnipotence to forcefully prevented the Demons from crossing over to earth.

But that didn't mean there weren't any loopholes.

Mammon, the son of Satan, the Prince of Hell who wanted to remake the mortal world into a world of blood and fire had found a loophole. A way to bypass his father's barriers and enter mortal world undetected.

And all he needed was Devine Assistance and he could cross over to physical plane through the body of a powerful psychic.

He was so elated when he discovered Isabel. She was the last thing he needed after his minions had finally found something that could work as devine assistance.

However, would it really be that simple? After all, there was a reason why Demons avoided, and sometimes even feared psychics.

So Mammon had to see to it personally that the girl would be prepared and made ready to become his vessel when the time came.

Now Isobel was pushed to the limits.

She was completely out of options. She literally had the weight of the whole world on her shoulders, and nobody to help her carry it with.

She couldn't take it anymore.

His disgusting stench, his grotesque appearance, that terrifying look in his eyes, and the voice. That voice sent shivers down her spine every time she heard it.

Unlike other ethereal entities that she saw, Mammon wasn't actually there.

She knew that he was just communicating with her through a psychic link.

But because of who she was, and what he was, she could not block him out of her mind like she could with others.

Hospital medications only made it worse. Those pills weakened her mind, so much so that he could even torment her through illusions now.

Currently, Isabel could only see one way to stop Mammon from using her body as a vessel and completely manifest in physical realm.

However, she was a devout Catholic.

For her, suicide was a grievous sin. It meant denying the very gift of life that God had granted her. This would condemn her to Hell for eternity.

For Isabel, in order to go to Heaven, she had to not only keep living this life of torment, but be responsible for the deaths of billions of innocents.

Or she could just commit suicide and go to Hell. But this way she would be able to save the world, and therefore would just be in peace with herself.

Wasn't that what Heaven was supposed to be? A place where one would be in eternal peace? How could she be in peace with herself if she was responsible for the apocalypse? Wouldn't that just be a lie? An illusion?

So, Isabel made her choice.

If the lives of billions of people had to be sacrificed for her to keep this "gift" of life, if that was what right and just in the eyes of God, then God could just take back his "gift" and shove it up his asre.

Isabel spread her arms wide open as she felt the wind rise.

This cold, chilli night wind was somehow soothing to her.

This sence of freedom, she had never felt it before.

She was finally free of this burden.

That disgusting voice called out to her from behind for one final time, "Isabel! STOP!!", sounding agitated for the first time ever.

But in response, Isobel took the step in the empty air without any hesitation. She had a smile on her face as she fell from the high-rise building.

Falling to her death, but with no fear whatsoever.

Instead, she felt an euphoric sense of utmost freedom.

She wished she could keep falling like this forever, that this moment would never end.

But with the sound of glass shattering, "CrunKliKlingch!!", her body broke through the pool's ceiling downstairs as she breathed her last breath.

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- Godzilla (1998)

On 13 February 1960, France conducted its first nuclear test, code-named "Gerboise Bleue" (Blue Desert Rat). It had a yield equivalent to four Hiroshima bombs.

This test was soon followed by dozens of other neuclear tests, leaving the area of French Polynesian Pacific, highly exposed to neuclear radiations.

But as is proven time and time again, among the countless realities in Omniverse, that whenever mankind tries to challenge nature, it always finds balance by flighting back.

In this world, nature fought back by evolution.

Evolution of an egg of a commodo dragon, into a creature known as "Godzilla".

It was a completely incipient creature, first of its kind, a mutated aberration, a hybrid caused by the fallout on the Islands in French Polynesian Pacific due to dozens of Neuclear tests conducted in that area by the French government over the last three decades.

Godzilla was not only a 80 meters tall killing machine that could terrify modern armies, but it could also reproduce asexually. Meaning that it could lay eggs without needing to mate with another of its kind.

The year, 1998, Madison Square Garden.

Godzilla had layed over 200 eggs in this place.

When they were discover by the people who wished to destroy them to save mankind, they hatched and creatures attacked anything that moved.

Currently, over two hundred, tiny, two meters tall Godzillas were wandering all around Madison Square Garden.

Cameraman Victor Palotti was coincidentally filming the little Godzillas in the nearby broadcast booth, along with reporter, Audrey Timmonds.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulous was a scientist who worked for neuclear regulatory commission. He was preparing a census for the government, cataloguing new species that were created as a direct result of Neuclear contamination.

He too was in the same room, along with D.G.S.E agent, Philippe Roaché, French Secret Service.

The two came here with an assault team in order to destroy Godzilla's nest since the American military refused to acknowledge its existence.

However, their plan backfired as soon as the eggs started hatching and their team became dinner.

"We are live, inside Madison Square Garden, where Doctor Niko Tatopoulous has discovered the beast's layer. Doctor can you please tell us what's happening here?", Audrey spoke in front of the camera.

Nick replied awkwardly, "Well, we've discovered over 200 eggs. Which, few moments ago, began hatching!", realising that at this moment, people all over the world were watching him.

He continued, "The creatures though, just hatched over nine feet tall, and they've begun feeding. When their food supply runs out here, they will attempt to hunt down food of their own outside of this nest.", here he paused.

The cameraman changed the angle of the camera, making it face the window, which showed a big crowd of little Godzillas walking everywhere in Madison Square Garden.

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Then Dr. Niko continued his explanation, "If they get out, they'll multiply and very soon, a new species will emerge. One that could replace us as....", but he was interrupted.

With a loud boom, "BOOM!", something suddenly appeared right in the middle of all those Godzilla children.

A three meters tall, white ball of light.

"ZNooo! BLAST!!", and with a loud blast, white energy dissipated in the air, revealing a naked native American man crouching down on the floor.

All the Godzilla babies stopped what they were doing and just stared at this scene.

But they weren't the only ones.

The cameraman hadn't changed the angle of the camera yet and it was still facing that direction, live-broadcasting the whole thing.

This was Jax. He was completely naked because his clothes, along with everything on his body, all disintegrated due to spontaneously changing magnetic fields and intense heat.

He slowly stood up and looked around.

He had never seen or heard of creatures such as these, not to mention the architecture of this place.

It seemed that their experiment was a success. This was most likely another world.

However, before he could contemplate further, "ROARR!!", with a loud, collective roars, the Godzilla children awoke from their stupor and jumped at Jax.

Even though he didn't have time to assess his current situation, Jax was a battle hardened veteran. He reacted quickly and avoided the first two enemies, then took a stance and punched the third one with all his might, "BANG!!", targeting the belly which appeared to be the least protected by its scales.

It seemed his judgement was correct as that creature was thrown five meters away and just layed there, without moving.

However, Jax knew it was still alive. He could still hear it's heart beating.

So, he jumped over the one attacking from his left, landing behind it and kicking it on the back of its knee even as it was still advancing forward.

Then he sped over to the first one still lying down even as this one hit the floor.

After reaching it, Jax bent down and gave it another punch on the same spot on the belly where he did before.

Through this experiment, Jax discovered that he needed to attack twice on the same spot on the belly to kill these creatures.

He didn't feel good about it. There were too many of them and he didn't have any backup. It would be difficult to escape.

On the other hand, everyone watching this scene was completely dumbfounded. Both in the broadcast booth and people in front of their T.V.s at home.

Even the government officials and military leaders didn't know how to react anymore. They all had a similar reaction on their faces - O.M.G.

First it was the Godzilla, then its nest and over 200 eggs, and now their lives suddenly turned from a monster movie to a sci-fi + monster movie?

This world was going crazier by the second.

Being a talented reporter, Audrey got her bearings right before anyone, and started speaking, "OH MY GOD!! You gotta be kiddin' me! You saw that? You just saw that right!?", she spoke to people in the room.

But after seeing their reactions as they got woke up from their stupor because of her shout, "Cough! Cough!", she awkwardly cleared her throat as she realised that everything was broadcasted live.

Then she continued, "As everyone can see here, something is again happening. A man suddenly appeared OUT OF THIN AIR. Right in the middle of these creatures. And started fighting them barehanded.".

Then she turned around to look behind once again, confirming that what she just saw was indeed real.

At this point, Jax had already defeated over twenty Godzilla children. His speed was much quicker than them.

But even so, he was starting to have a hard time maneuvering among these many enemies.

Many scratches and teeth marks could be seen on his body, but it seemed vampire regeneration abilities were really broken as all his wounds could be seen healing at a visible rate.

"Just who is this man!? Is he an alien? Time traveller? Science experiment? Or maybe an incipient creature like Godzilla? Just how can he overpower these monsters like this??", Audrey exclaimed.

From behind the camera, Victor couldn't just record this calmly anymore, as he interjected in panicked voice, "I think it's an angel. Aren't they supposed to be all naked? How else would you explain him not wearing any clothes?", here he paused to catch his breath.

Then continued, "Plus he is killing those monsters and saving us. I really think he's an angel. Would be a lot better if it was a female Angel though.. I'm just sayin'! Maybe he's got a sister.".

"Cough! Cough!", Nick interrupted everyone's wild speculations by clearing his throat and drawing everyone's attention back to himself.

Then he continued, "No matter who or what this man is, I don't think he can defeat over 200 of these monsters. If you look carefully, you'll find that he's already injured. So if the military is listening to this broadcast, they have to destroy this building immediately, before these 200 becomes 40,000 and replace us as the dominant species of this planet.", here he paused.

Then continued, "As for that man, we will try and get him to evacuate this building with us. I believe that chances of him being a time traveller are high. As crazy as it may sound, spontaneously shifting electromagnetic fields could be the cause of him having no clothes. As for his superior physique, perhaps it's some kind of genetic...", but he was interrupted by everyone's sudden reaction.

Audrey screamed in surprise, "OH MY GOD!! That man.. he's dead! HE IS DEAD!!", while looking through the window.

While Jax was fighting, he killed over a hundred of these creatures, until he lost count.

He became more and more impatient, as it seemed there was no end to them.

He kept killing them and they kept coming at him without any sign of fear whatsoever.

Eventually, he lost his leg and fell to his death when two of them got his neck and head from behind and ripped his head off.

Jax's death was not meaningless. He unknowingly cleared the way for Nick and others to leave this place before military could blow it up.

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John Constantine was a powerful psychic. He was born with this 'gift', or this 'curse', to see demons and angels walking this earth disguised as humans.

Demons and angels cannot make a person do anything, but they can whisper in your ear and give you an urge to do anything.

As a child, John could not understand what he was seeing and he had enough of this life. So he wanted to leave this cruel world by killing himself.

Unfortunately for John, God had different plans for him. He was saved from death and granted extraordinary powers to become the guardian of earth.

Whenever a demon broke the rules, John would exorcise them and sent them back to Hell.

He lived this kind of life for years, until he got lung cancer for smoking too much.

In his early forties and already dying of cancer, John became obsessed with trying to atone for his sins, so that he could go to Heaven after his death.

After all, with all the demons that he had put away in his life, John's days in Hell were bound to be unpleasant.

There was even a rumour going around that when he died, Lucifer would personally come to claim his soul.

However, despite his efforts, Constantine saw no hope until he met Angela.

LAPD detective Angela Dodson was haunted by her twin sister Isabel's unusual suicide.

Isabel was catholic and very religious, so Angela strongly believed that she could never commit suicide.

However, despite her efforts, Angela found no evidence on the crime scene that indicated otherwise.

Until she found a footage from hospital's rooftop camera that recorded everything.

She discovered, that before jumping to her death, Isabel turned around to face the camera and uttered a word - "Constantine".

And like this, Angela met Constantine, who discovered nearly a hundred demons following her from the shadows.

Inspite of his initial disbelief at seeing Demons manifest in physical plane, Constantine got his bearings right and successfully managed to exorcised them back to Hell before they could take Angela away.

Afterwards, Constantine was taking Angela as his ticket to Heaven, and Angela insisted on finding the answers. So the two started to work together.

Currently, Constantine was sitting in a chair in Angela's apartment. He was holding a black cat and his feet were immersed in a big bowl of water.

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He was ready to do a spell to go to Hell and check and see if Isabel was there. This would confirm whether she really committed suicide or not.

Angela asked Constantine, curiously, "If this is a spell of some kind, don't you need candles and pentagram for it to work?", he was sitting in a chair in front of her while she sat on the floor.

"Why? Do you have any?", Constantine asked rhetorically.

"Sigh!", Angela spoke in a fed-up tone, "This is crazy.".

"Yes.", he replied, then continued, "I need you to leave.".

But Angela didn't want to leave, "I'm sorry?", she asked.

"Angela please.", Constantine insisted.

"Sigh!", Angela sighed and gave up convincing him, "OK!", she spoke as she got up to leave the room to him.

But Constantine continued, "The apartment.".

Angela now felt strange, but she complied nonetheless.

"Be careful with that cat.", she instructed before closing the apartment door.

When she left, Constantly stared in cat's eyes as he spoke in a fed-up tone, "I hate this part.", and started chanting the spell in his mind.

By the time he stopped chanting, the cat had already disappeared and he felt uncomfortable heat from his surroundings.

So he looked around and found himself in a place he was all too familiar with, though he wouldn't be proud of it.

He was still alive and his body was still in the mortal plane, but his soul had arrived in Hell. It seemed the spell worked.

With the smell of rusty blood, mixed with fumes of burning sulphur, this world was the colour of orange and yellow, like that of fire, making it difficult to breathe and see, even walking was a struggle due to the ever-raging sandstorm that made it difficult to determine direction.

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Despite everything, Constantine kept walking like a man with purpose, like someone with a clear goal, like he knew what he was doing.

As he traveled past the ruins of city, on the ground that made it difficult to walk, and climbed through the potholes, and against the wind that threatened to take him away, Constantine walked with every step full of determination.

Eventually, some Demons started to follow him from behind.

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But he still continued forward without hesitation, like a man on crusade, like a man possessed.

As more as more joined in, they found him unual, some even recognised him and hastened their pace.

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Constantine noticed this, so he started to increase his speed too.

But suddenly, with a loud boom, "BOOM!", something suddenly appeared in front of Constantine.

It was a three meters tall, white ball of light, and intense heat came from it.

"ZNooo! BLAST!!", and with a loud blast, white energy dissipated in the air, revealing a naked, black haired man.

What was really unusual about this was that he wasn't in his soul form. He wasn't even dead.

This man was here, both in body and soul.

Constantine slowed down, while all the Demon and ghosts chasing after him stopped to observe this extremely unusual scene.

As the man slowly stood up and opened his eyes, his pupils were purple. He then looked around to observe his surroundings and to assess his situation.

His eyes lingered on Constantine with clear surprise, even as Constantine jogged past him.

After all, Constantine couldn't stop, no matter the reason. Or he would have to stay here forever.

He jogged towards a woman in white that he just noticed. She was wearing a white patient's gown, and was currently in a loop, replying her death, over and over again.

Constantine was all too familiar with this kind of loop. He had also gone through it.

He called loudly, "ISABEL!!", and started running towards her.

But it seemed that the Demon also noticed this, as they woke up from their stupor.

Half of them started to desperately chase after Constantine, while the rest jumped at the unusual man to capture him.

But before they could advance, that man's eyes glowed red, and, "BOOMMM!!", two thick red lazer beams were fired from them, decimating anything in their path, be it matter or soul, everything was completely annihilated.

This shocked everyone, and everything present.

On the other hand, Constantine didn't have the luxury of being shocked.

A group of Demons had already caught up to him.

In his final struggle, he could only desperately reach out for Isabel's patient's ID Band that had drifted towards him with the wind, before releasing the spell to return to the physical world before Demons could grab him.

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But it seemed that that unusual man had other ideas.

After making a quick work of Demons coming after him, he chased after Isabel's soul, "BOBOOMM!!", in a burst of speed that left behind a sonic boom.

Destroying anything that stood in his way, shockwaves cleared the path for him to advance forward, dematerializing ghosts and Demons alike.

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DC movies world, "Constantine 2005", one of the best classics.

Unlike "Supernatural", or "Lucifer" TV show, this movie doesn't challenge our religious beliefs in any way.

God is like what one would imagine, pinnacle of kindness. Devil is evil scum, Demons, the backstabbing lunatics, and Angels are naive and pure.

Even the one who betrayed humanity only did it due to misunderstandings.

Also, as I mentioned before, DC movies world will be different from DC's TV shows.