Angels and Demons

Another in a recent set of "hey work is over so let's celebrate" movies hits the HofG: Angels and Demons. The Da Vinci Code was an enjoyable book (on tape) and the movie entertained as well. The book prequel yet movie sequel looks to entertain as well. Let's see if it does.

The trailer:


So we follow along in the footsteps of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon on his trek to unravel another religious mystery. The pope is dead, the College of Cardinals are set to begin their conclave to elect a new one, however the mysterious underground society The Illuminati appear to have been quite busy in stealing a whopping amount of antimatter from the CERN particle accelerator in Switzerland, kidnapped 4 major cardinals, and have threatened to kill one of them each hour on the hour only to then expose the antimatter at midnight and destroy all of Vatican City and half of Rome. Whew, what an evening. I guess we better get Dr. Langdon in Cambridge, MA and get him on a Vatican jet to Italy and solve this caper in one day!

A film chock full of fantastical and outrageous scenarios. So very unrealistic it almost makes you cringe. This being said, it's a furious race against the clock and a race against the riddle to solve this case and save the Catholic church as we know it. Intrigue, mystery, murder, plotting. A busy day indeed.

Enjoyable. Entertaining. But I liked The Da Vinci Code better...even if the Angels and Demons hottie (Ayelet Zurer) was more, ahem, interesting than the one in the previous movie.

A Matinee, threatening to be a mere HBO score however...