Angels and Demons Details

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[Highly rated reviewer]

superb......................

Angels and Demons is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code which is also based on the novel and works of Dan Brown.

The CERN who work on experiments using antimatter through the medium of physics summon Robert Langdon the Harvard symbologist played by Tom Hanks to investigate a murder victim branded with the Illuminati ambigram and also to prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

Robert discovers that the Illuminati (the secret society) plan to kill four Roman Catholic cardinals and destroy St. Peter's Basilica with the stolen antimatter in the form of a bomb during a papal conclave.

This film also stars Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra who is a CERN scientist, Ewan McGregor who plays the Camerlengo Patrick McKenna and Stellan Skarsgård who plays Commander Richter the Head of the Swiss Guard.

Angels and Demons is directed by Ron Howard (formerly Richie from Happy Days).

Well worth watching !

[Highly rated reviewer]

Angels and Demons (2008)

Any improvements on Da Vinci Code's dull and leaden film version probably lie in Dan Brown's book, which is even more film-friendly with an emphasis on Hollywood-friendly thrills rather than theorising or controversy. Hanks is again completely bland as symbologist Robert Langdon, and the supporting cast aren't much better. The fast pace distracts a lot of attention away from the lacklustre and frankly, ridiculous story and lack of tension or suspense - strangely it is relatively compelling on a minute by minute basis (as much as the book is an easy page turner) and there are a couple of decent set-pieces but on average it is pretty much badly plotted, humourless drivel and as disposable as its airport paperback origins once it is all over.