one-nine-eighty Robert Langdon is back with another mystery to solve. A vial of anti-matter is stolen from the LHC (Large Haydron Collider) project. The current pope of the Vatican dies in mysterious circumstances. Four cardinals are kidnapped by what appears to be the illuminati - who confirm that each hostage would be killed on the hour leading up to midnight, where, at which time a bomb (the anti-matter) would be set off - destroying the Vatican, and a large area of Italy. It's a race against time for Langdon (played by Tom Hanks) and Vittoria Vetra (played by Ayelet Zurer) to rescue the prisoners and stop the bomb. To do this they must solve century old riddles left to the through religion and literature. If you've seen "The Da Vinci Code" then expect a lot more of the same. It's the usual book-smart adrenaline filled detective journey film that Ron Howard brought to screen, basing the content on Dan Brown's book by the same title - "Angels and Demons". Like the first film, some of the scenery is lovely to behold (possibly not as nice as the first film though), also like the first film - a decent cast is assembled who mainly do a good job. There were some parts which felt a little wooden and didn't allow me to connect emotionally but all in all it was harmless. I think the biggest let down for me in this was actually Ewan McGregor's character - Cameriengo Patrick). I like him as an actor, but this character felt like a let down because it was obvious from the get-go that he had his own motives. There were some clues to his character development on show but his general mannerisms from the off suggested there was more to come. Maybe it was Howard's direction that led him to deliver the way he did because he hasn't been that obvious in other films - say that, this is probably likely as there were a lot of things in the film which seemed to be dumbed down - I'm certain younger audiences could have followed along with no problems. Having read the book I know that there was a lot more to the character and there was also a lot of information, interactions and characters missing. This makes me feel that the film is 'lite' version of the book. This film is actually darker than the first "Da Vinci" film both thematically and aesthetically. My overall verdict is that this story had the potential to be better than the first film but it wasn't delivered because it felt watered down and quite obvious throughout. 6 out of 10. It was still a simple and brainless film to watch, it's not awful - but it's not outstanding either.

DylanW "Angels & Demons" is the first sequel to "The DaVinci Code", with Tom Hanks (playing Robert Langdon) being the only returning cast member. Once again, the film deals with conspiracies surrounding the Pope. This time, it's the Pope, the Illuminati and the Vatican in general. The movie, although filled with a great cast, is luck-lustre and features unbelievable action sequences and somewhat twisted motives. The feeling surrounding this film is not great, and fails as a predecessor to the fantastic conspiracy in "The DaVinci Code". Overall "Angels & Demons", overall, was not as interesting as "The DaVinci Code", and only passes as an OKAY film.

stormhawk2018 The friend Dan Brown lined up with his poor novel "The Da Vinci Code" and to the heat of his success we got his second work "Angels and Demons" in which repeats scheme, style and philosophy, and as we all know, despite To be earlier than the first, became popular after this. Although there are those who think that the latter is better, I had enough to sink the archetypal code. So I can say nothing about the virtues of the text on the film or viceversa. What I do affirm is that what we have seen does not pass from a rather fancy gymkhana in which the tracks follow one another as a clumsy excuse to advance the plot. At first glance it may seem ingenious but if you look closely is a jumble without ton or are in which one does not find out anything. I really barely understood Robert Langdon's (Tom Hanks) deductions, or what led him to go from one side of Rome to another. A lot runs, I run you, fairly forced but little more.Having said that however confusing the details of the investigation, what is the plot I call the first. The bad, the plans, what's behind the Illuminati. Everything, except some points of the plot that neither Ron Howard nor Down Brown could solve. And it is not to put medals but the progressive minds of these creators are simpler than they are totally useless and all the clichés that introduce are come to the league, at least for which it has some sense of smell for these cases. With this the film is not that surprising, nor that arouses much interest. To tell you that he was more concerned if Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer, from Italian and Catholic, nothing, Jewish from Israel) wore shoes or boots (yes, fortunately they were the latter) I tell you everything. Of course, the scenes that are sprinkled "Angels and Demons" between ridiculous and laughable, entertain and allow you to laugh at your expense for how bad they are.Special mention deserves the philosophy of this novel led to the big screen. On the one hand, its success, like that of the "Da Vinci Code", lies in a certain Manichaean and progressive vision that gives a historical pedigree to this leftist position. Light fighting against the reaction for centuries and even millennia. How cool! In this vision, the Catholic Church is the perfect target as an obscurantist institution par excellence. The fact that this approach is a bundle of delirious and pamplained memes without any historical background is the least of it. But on the other, there is a positive vision that encourages the very Church that is attacked so that steps towards a kind of harakiri in which they end up dissolving all their dogmas and beliefs. Here is insisted on the mantra of combining religion and science, as Benedict XVI says, Reason and Faith. What they do not understand, not even the Pope, is that reason and science directly destroy the Faith and what is the Own religion as we know it. I understand that an atheist does not care, but he who writes annoys this tricky philosophy as determined to rationalize religion as to end all the magic, the sacred and the supernatural that every creed defends.

adonis98-743-186503 Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. Angels & Demons is the sequel to the 2006 The Da Vinci Code starring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer and Stellan Skarsgård and unlike the first film this has way more suspense than the original plus Hanks once again did a fantastic job and the same goes for the rest of the cast as well. It might be a little bit slow at times but it provides a very interesting story and a really cool twist and in my opinion it's nowhere near as bad as many people made it sound like. Overall "Angels & Demons" gets an A+ and a 10/10