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Angels and Demons (2008) Certificate 12

Angels and Demons
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Rated 3.5 stars
Average rating
(70%)
 
Starring: Tom Hanks | Ayelet Zurer | Ewan McGregor | David Pasquesi | Cosimo Fusco | Pierfrancesco Favino | Stellan Skarsgård | Nicolaj Lie Kaas | Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Ron Howard
Studio: SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections: 100 Most Wanted
Genres: Audio Descriptive | Drama | Thriller
Languages: English, English Audio Description
Subtitles: Catalan, Castilian Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Danish, Swedish
Released: September 14, 2009
Also available on: Also Available on: blu_ray

Tom Hanks and Ron Howard unite for their fourth pairing with this follow-up to THE DA VINCI CODE. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

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87 out of 89 people found the following review helpful:

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Rated 5 stars
superb......................

williamsgwynfa from , 4th May, 2009

Angels and Demons is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code which is also based on the novel and works of Dan Brown. The CERN who work on experiments using antimatter through the medium of physics summon Robert Langdon the Harvard symbologist played by Tom Hanks to investigate a murder victim branded with the Illuminati ambigram and also to prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. Robert discovers that the Illuminati (the secret society) plan to kill four Roman Catholic cardinals and destroy St. Peter's Basilica with the stolen antimatter in the form of a bomb during a papal conclave. This film also stars Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra who is a CERN scientist, Ewan McGregor who plays the Camerlengo Patrick McKenna and Stellan Skarsgård who plays Commander Richter the Head of the Swiss Guard. Angels and Demons is directed by Ron Howard (formerly Richie from Happy Days). Well worth watching !

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25 out of 25 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3 stars
Not like the book

A Customer from Manchester, 14th May, 2009

I have just been to see the film and felt that they changed too much or cut alot of it out. I firstly felt that one of the characters in the book Maximillian Kholer SHOULD have been in the film. I felt that the Da Vinci Code was more accurate to the book itself but Angels and Demons was changed too much. I feel slightly let down.

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12 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3 stars
Nothing great

Nat8 from , 17th May, 2009

I'm not quite sure what it is, but I felt that there was something missing from this film. As another review mentioned it isn't like the book but admittedly so many films don't run true to the books they are based on but to me this film just felt watchable, it didn't excite me. Acting was good and even though the film is over 2 hrs it didn't seem to drag. For me (even though I have seen it) it would be a 'wait til dvd' one.

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9 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3 stars
Brilliant Watch, Disappointing End!

A Customer from SW London, 15th May, 2009

Like the Da Vinci Code, this instalment of Dan Brown's next saga following the adventures of Robert Langdon, was just as good as the original although the end left me disappointed. I haven't read Dan Brown's books so I am not interested in comparing how truthful the movie was to the book. I have learnt that movies do not always have to be like the book.In reality a movie has it's limitations and in writing a book the limitations are removed. As a movie, it certainly kept the viewer interested from beginning to end. I had hoped that the end would leave the viewer with more questions marks regarding the Illuminati instead, all the loose ends were carefully sorted and answered just in time for the credit roll,which was quite frankly a let down.Brown's ideal to marry the church and science in a peaceful pact in the end was what I call a sloppy, lazy ending. Being an ex-catholic and knowing full well that the Catholic Church have tried for so many years to surpress any opposing thoughts to the Church's doctrine I was hoping this aspect would be explored more fully instead of being conveniently labelled as 'flawed men doing God's work'. Nevertheless still a good watch, I just wish more challenging movies on the subject matter were made.

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Rated 0 stars
Painful To Watch

Kassi from , 6th November, 2009

Extremely dull & completely different from the book! The character of Robert Langdon didn't actually serve any purpose in the film other than to run around pointlessly! So tedious I actually fell asleep at one stage & I wasn't even tired. Ewan McGregor's character had less life than a cardboard cut-out & one of the most exciting parts & a pivotal moment in the book - the helicopter/plunging without a parachute - didn't even figure in the film. Badly done, chopped up, messed around & is a good example as to why scriptwriters should stick to the events actually depicted in a book! After all, if a story is a bestseller global hit, why change it? It's an offence to the author & downright annoying when a much loved story is completely savaged beyond recognition on the big screen! AVOID!!!

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Rated 3 stars
Very Entertaining

Missmimi from , 5th November, 2009

I enjoyed Angels and Demons far more than the da Vinci Code. I found although still fast paced you were still able to follow the story. Gripping, fast paced and entertaining.

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Rated 3 stars
Great film - really loved it

kcdurr123 from , 5th November, 2009

just loved it, thought it was better than davinci code, really enjoyed it

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Rated 3 stars
OK but a bit slow

Wooster from , 5th November, 2009

That's about it really. An interesting film, but overly long and a little ponderous at times.

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