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But the pacing is completely fixed, and despite a runtime of almost two-and-a-half hours the film flies by.īrown's book was actually written before The Da Vinci Code, but Howard's Angels & Demons seems to have been conceived as a sequel, rather than a prequel, with vague references to the previous film.Ī mullet-less Hanks returns as Professor Robert Langdon, recruited to help Vatican police search for the Illuminati, a centuries-old secret society and enemy of the Catholic Church who have apparently resurfaced. It's still incredibly dark – shot mostly at night, with a plot device that turns off all the lights out in most scenes – and we're still just watching Tom Hanks' Langdon solve the mysteries instead of solving them alongside him.
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Howard still doesn't have the right feel for the material, but Angels & Demons is a considerably better film. Inexplicably, Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code was an even worse film that took the condescending and unbelievable source far too seriously, providing a dark, sluggish ride almost completely devoid of fun. Dan Brown's Robert Langdon books (at least the two I've read, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons) were incredibly poor pieces of pop literature that nevertheless read like can't-miss Hollywood blockbusters.