When Langdon (Tom Hanks) discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history - he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican's only hope for survival.Every review of this movie will ultimately involve it being compared to The DaVinci Code. There's simply no way around it. So, I might as well start by saying that this movie was better than The DaVinci Code. I read both books and also enjoyed this book a thousand times better. However, it ran in to the same problem as its predecessor in that all of the "suspense" in both books came from intense conversations. Unless you are Quentin Tarantino it is impossible to convey that kind of dramatic dialogue to film. Ron Howard is a phenomenal director. Tom Hanks is the greatest actor of our generation. I still think that neither one of them should be associated with the stories of Robert Langdon. This movie was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too talky just like the first one and it ends up making the movie too smart for its own good. They definitely did a much better job of unfolding the story in this one but there were too many scenes where I could have taken a nap simply because I barely understood what they were talking about and wasn't made to care too much either.
I would somewhat recommend this movie to people. Its not a great movie. Its definitely not a bad movie. I want to say its good but then I feel like I'm rewarding it more than it should be. Its somewhere between OK and good.
