Tom Hanks and Ron Howard unite for their fourth pairing with this follow-up to THE DA VINCI CODE. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. Read more
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, David Pasquesi |
|---|---|
| Director | Ron Howard |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
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Tom Hanks and Ron Howard unite for their fourth pairing with this follow-up to THE DA VINCI CODE. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco, Pierfrancesco Favino, Stellan Skarsgård, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl |
|---|---|
| Director | Ron Howard |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | Blu-ray: 2 hrs 18 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted, UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Subtitles | Catalan, Castilian Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Danish, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Sep 2009 Blu-ray: 14 Sep 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard unite for their fourth pairing with this follow-up to The Da Vinci Code. read more »
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.
Tom Hanks' new movie Angels & Demons continues to rule the international box office chart after fending off competition from Ben Stiller's Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian. The religious thriller, director Ron Howard's big screen adaptation of Dan Brown's book of the same name, scooped £40.26 million outside of the U.S. to claim the number one position for its second consecutive week. Stiller's sequel has proven to be the most popular choice Stateside, taking £35.7... Read more