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Swinton steals the show


Tilda Swinton absolutely nailed it as Gabriel. Perfect casting - she is truly adrogynous and her looks are always striking, beautiful-but-otherworldly. In her brief scenes she manages to bring complexity and humanity to this action packed fantasy thriller, aswell as being absolutely hilarious - the last scene where she discovers pain via a punch in the mouth was priceless . She walks away with the film for me.

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And stole the whole damn movie!

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Swinton definitely committed grand larceny on this film and was driving away in the getaway car, but Stormare came in at the last minute and snatched it right from her.

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She was awesome in this film. It was a great performance in this type of film. It is too bad if people don't like the movie that they at least don't rave about her performance.

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Swansong, I could not agree more. My two favorite Satan portrayals have been from The Prophecy (Viggo) and this movie.

The gene pool could use a little chlorine......

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Agreed, both were great in their own ways. I agree, OP, Swinton was excellent and she looked pretty hot near the end when she tells Constantine "his ego was astounding."

"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

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Yep, she was sublime as Gabriel. The whole cast was downright perfect.

🐺 Boycott movies that involve real animal violence (& their directors) 🐾

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she is very beautyful. doesn't look like she has aged a day since ORLANDO in 1992

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Sorry, but she showed no angel power only hubris...androgyny is fine but it has to work with the story!

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