ANGELS
&
DEMONS
With
Tom
Hanks,
Ewan
McGregor,
Ayelet
Zurer,
Stellan
Skarsgård,
Nikolaj
Lie
Kaas,
Pierfrancesco
Favino,
Armin
Mueller-Stahl
Written
by David
Koepp
&
Akiva
Goldsman
based
on the
novel
by Dan
Brown
Directed
by Ron
Howard
The
Pope
is dead
and
his
successor
must
be chosen.
However,
this
fairly
straight
forward
(but
ritual
filled)
process
has
run
into
more
than
just
a snag.
Someone
is bent
to wreak
vengeance
upon
the
Catholic
Church
and
the
Vatican,
in the
name
of the
Illuminati,
the
science-based
organization
oppressed,
attacked
and
driven
underground
by the
church
across
the
centuries.
These
people
included
scientists,
artists
and
a wide
range
of free
thinkers,
like
Galileo.
What
this
force
has
done
is kidnap
four
of the
frontrunners
to become
the
new
Pope,
each
to be
killed
on the
hour
–
at the
fifth
hour
a stolen
canister
of dark
matter
set
to explode
and
destroy
the
Vatican
City.
Robert
Langdon
is called
in for
his
symbolism
expertise
by the
Vatican
(which
has
always
looked
upon
him
with
disfavour),
and
a race
against
time
erupts
as they
try
to follow
clues
leading
to the
location
of each
priest’s
pre-planned
symbolic
murder.
With
little
co-operation
from
the
Vatican
police,
Langdon
is joined
by a
scientist
(involved
with
the
dark
matter
experiment
at the
location
where
this
volatile
package
was
stolen)
in a
chase
to try
and
avert
a catastrophe.
With
clues
and
signs
cultivated
from
Catholic
and
science
history,
as well
as art
and
architecture,
the
puzzle
is connected
with
danger
constantly
around
each
corner.
This
story
is in
fact
Dan
Brown’s
prequel,
written
before
The
Da Vinci
Code,
but
after
the
hit
adaptation
of that
best-seller,
director
Ron
Howard
and
actor
Tom
Hanks
returned
for
some
more
of his
intriguing,
religious
flavoured
mystery
and
suspense,
with
another
one
on the
way.
Personally
I found
The
Da Vinci
Code
far
more
interesting
and
original
than
this
one,
but
it serves
up some
highly
entertaining
drama
with
a sizable
amount
of twists
and
red
herrings.
DVD
Extras:
This
single
disc
edition
of Angels
&
Demons
is not
as loaded
as The
Da Vinci
Code's
DVD
release,
but
includes
some
featurettes
covering
the
story,
its
development
and
translation
to the
big
screen,
the
props,
costumes,
an all-round
production
rundown
including
cinematography
and
scenes
involving
fire,
as well
as an
interesting
piece
on the
ambigrams
appearing
in the
movie
which
includes
words
that
read
the
same
when
turned
upside
down
or reflect
another
(like
the
Illuminati,
the
film's
title,
earth,
air,
water
and
fire).
(The
Special
Features
section
printed
on the
back
cover
seems
suspiciously
empty
- but
we reckon
this
space
is filled
with
more
extras
on a
double
disc
version)
4
/ B
- Paul
Blom
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