Angels and Demons once again pits symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) against a mystery of biblical proportions - literally - with the clock ticking and lives at stake. Ewan McGregor is introduces as the Camerlengo Patrick McKenna.
The Pope has died and someone claiming to be part of the Illuminati has kidnapped the four next hopefuls and is planning on killing one every hour as revenge for what the Catholic Church had done to them hundreds of years ago. Oh, and they've stolen a canister of antimatter created by the Large Hadron Collider and at midnight it will explode like a bomb. So Robert Langdon must battle dogma, science, and the clock as he races to unravel the secret path to the secret Illuminati church where the antimatter must be stored, along the way trying to save the pope hopefuls from certain death. All in all, a very believable premise.
Despite the "against the clock" aspect of this movie, the film seemed to drag out it's 2.25 hours rather methodically, which was not a good thing in this case.
I found it unbelievable that the obvious connections and secret passages that Langdon came across in one evening were not ever noticed in all the years of Vatican City's existence. The whole thing was mostly predictable. The only thing that saved this movie was the ending. With an impressive bang and a twist that I didn't see coming - though I feel like I should have - it somewhat made up for some of the other
shortcomings.
The overall message of the film tried to be insightful and controversial at the same time, talking about how science and faith need to unite and are not enemies. They talk about how religion, like anything else, is flawed. They were going for "wow, interesting," but got "meh, tired."
Consensus: It was alright for what it was, but I think I liked National Treasure 2 better. At least that was more fun.
*** (3/5 stars)
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