Sun, 06 Feb 2005

Movie Trivia

John Constantine has been to hell and back.

Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine (KEANU REEVES) was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision.

But he failed. Resuscitated against his will, he found himself cast back into the land of the living. Now, marked as an attempted suicide with a temporary lease on life, he patrols the earthly border between heaven and hell, hoping in vain to earn his way to salvation by sending the devil's foot soldiers back to the depths.

But Constantine is no saint. Disillusioned by the world around him and at odds with the one beyond, he's a hard-drinking, hard- living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism. Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn't want your admiration or your thanks -- and certainly not your sympathy.

All he wants is a reprieve.

When a desperate but skeptical police detective (RACHEL WEISZ as Angela Dodson) enlists his help in solving the mysterious death of her beloved twin sister (also played by Weisz), their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost.

Win tickets to 'Constantine'

The Jakarta Post is hosting a quiz in association with Warner Bros Pictures.

The first 10 people to answer the three questions below correctly will win a pair of tickets to the premier showing of Constantine at 11 a.m., Feb. 13 at Ex Plaza.

1. What is the name of the director of the movie Constantine?

2. In the movie, what is the name of the actress who plays the angelic Gabriel, God's gatekeeper on Earth?

3. What is the name of the graphic novel Constantine is based on?

Send your answers to sundaypost@thejakartapost.com by Feb. 10.