The team behind the global phenomenon "The Da Vinci Code" return to take on "Angels & Demons", based upon the bestselling novel by Dan Brown.
A fabulous follow-on to the Da Vinci Code - keeps pace all throughout the film, with many twists. Excellent acting from all the main characters and a great ending. Well worth a night in!
Angels and Demons is a fast paced thrill ride and an improvement on the last Dan Brown adaptation the Da Vinci Code. I think that this is better because the race against the clock element (The fact that the cardinal gets murdered every hour until the bomb goes off) allows for some effectively pacey direction from Howard, with some decent set-pieces along the way. The script also tones down the crazier elements of the book, whilst still allowing for a glorious finale when the bomb explodes in the helicopter, which I thought was excellent.
I think that the film was one of the best, if not the best, at the time it was released. I would give this 5/5.
Angels and Demons is a fast-paced thrill ride and an improvement on the last Dan Brown adaptation the Da Vinci Code. I think that this is better because the race against the clock element (the fact that a cardinal gets murdered every hour until the bomb goes off) allows for some effectively pacey direction from Howard, with some decent set-pieces along the way. The script also tones down the crazier elements of the book, while still allowing for a glorious finale when the bomb explodes in the helicopter, which I thought was excellent.
I think that the film was one of the best, if not the best, at the time it was released. I would give this 5/5.
Verdict
Angels and Demons is a rapid and lively thrill-ride that will keep you glued to your seat - a lot better than the first, but a bit corny in parts.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown, Angels & Demons follows Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) as he uncovers the perilous secrets of the Illuminati. Caught in a conflict between science and religion that threatens the Vatican City, will the clues lead Robert to the hidden weapon he seeks? A new Pope is to be chosen. There are 4 candidates. The Illuminati want to make the decision themselves... As the prospective candidates are killed off one by one, the killer lets it be known that he is from the Illuminati, but what do they want? Renowned symbologist Robert Langdon is called upon to investigate, clues leading him to the Vatican and on a quest for a massively destructive weapon. Make sure you check out Dan Brown's latest Robert Langdon novel, The Lost Symbol, set to be adapted into a blockbuster movie sometime in 2012! The film zooms around the city, as Langdon follows clues embedded in art, architecture, and the very bone structure of the Vatican. The cast is terrific, including Ewan McGregor, who is memorable as a young protg of the late pontiff, and who seems to challenge the common wisdom of the Conclave just by being 40 years younger than his fellows when he lectures for church reform. Stellan Skarsgard is excellent as a gruff commander of the Swiss Guard, who may or may not have thrown in with the Illuminati. But the real star of the film is Rome, and its High Church gorgeousness, with lush cinematography by Salvatore Totino, who renders the real sky above the Vatican, in a cataclysmic event, with the detail and majesty of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. --A.T. Hurley, Amazon Stills from Angels & Demons (click for larger image)
Mystery thriller based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role from the 2006 film 'The Da Vinci Code' as Harvard symbologist and religious expert Robert Langdon, who works alongside Vittoria (Ayelet Zurer), the beautiful daughter of a murdered Italian physicist, to unravel the clues behind her father's murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican by resurgents of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organisation in history.
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