Anyone who has already seen “Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny” with Harrison Ford knows that the Nazis (led by Mads Mikkelsen) do not release the entire film after the disc of the same name. In the action-packed opening scene, we see Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Kretschmann give their full attention to another artifact: the Spear of Destiny aka the Holy Lance.
This is the spear that, according to legend, was used to test the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. Accordingly, it would have been soaked in holy blood, which would have given Adolf Hitler the idea to use the lance as a miracle weapon to make himself invincible during World War II. As we now know, the plan failed. Neither in real life nor on the big screen.
The Holy Lance in “Constantine”
But if the Holy Lance is not only familiar to you from history books and you are now wondering in which movie the relic also appeared, then we have the answer for you: In the comic book adaptation”Constantine“From 2005, the lance or spear of fate also plays a major role. Mammon, the son of the devil, is here in possession of the spear and is doing everything he can to somehow get out of hell and conquer the world.
Even if the initial situations of “Indiana Jones 5” and “Constantine” with Keanu Reeves seem fundamentally different, the artifact is seen in both films as a fateful tool for ruining the world. Once through the Nazi fantasies of omnipotence, once through a demon from the blazing flames of hell. If you will, the lance has finally arrived in pop culture with “Indiana Jones and Destiny”.
Incidentally: If you want to see the Spear of Destiny up close in real life, you can. Probably the most coveted relic of Christianity can now be seen in the treasury of Vienna’s Hofburg.