If the 2006 monster hit The Da Vinci Code left you panting for more supernatural thriller action, your wait is over.
The team behind the global blockbuster that was the Code returns for a much anticipated second go, again based on a bestselling novel by Dan Brown and with Tom Hanks reprising his role as a Harvard religious expert, once more pitting himself against the forces of evil.
Although the book was written before The Da Vinci Code, the movie’s action takes place after the events of the earlier movie. The murder of a physicist finds Robert Langdon (Hanks) and the victim’s daughter (Zurer) on the trail of a secret brotherhood, in an action-packed trek that takes them all around the Vatican– searching for a weapon that could kill millions.
Ron Howard again directs. There’s more action than in the comparatively thoughtful Da Vinci Code. But it is doubtful whether the wait for the sequel was worthwhile …

Angels & Demons

Dir Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, ayelet Zurer

 

[Originally published in Abu Dhabi Week vol 2 issue 17]