Constantine Isn't Faithful – But It's A Great Adaptation

Demon hunters come in many shapes and sizes: high-school cheerleaders , Impala-driving brothers , KPop superstars . But what about a character who dabbles in the dark side himself? That’s one of the coolest evil-battlers around: John Constantine, the blond, Liverpudlian sorcerer / occasional con-man created by Alan Moore in the Hellblazer comics. Constantine eventually captured Hollywood’s attention, leading to a film that outraged hardline fans on release but which has since become – through a strange alchemy of time and its own undeniable strengths – something of a cult classic.

Back in 2005 when director Francis Lawrence’s film hit cinemas, the environment was very different for comic-book adaptations, and characters were still judged chiefly on their fidelity to the source m