[Movie 247 / Day 260]
In the follow up to The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks returns as Professor Robert Langdon, ready to follow some more ancient clues and solve more mysteries – like the mutant offspring of Columbo and Scooby Doo’s Velma. The movie follows Dan Brown’s book pretty closely, complete with some dialogue that follows Brown’s ‘written for idiots’ style. Still, it’s a pretty good thriller with plenty of simple plot twists and clues to help jog the story along.
The plot involves the age-old secret society, the Illuminati, who have kidnapped four cardinals from the Vatican and are going to kill one per hour before blowing Vatican City up as a grand finale. The Catholic Church calls Professor Langdon to Italy to start hunting down old clues in order to stop them.
I found it much more enjoyable than The Da Vinci Code, but it’s still only a smidge above average.
My Rating: 
[ IMDB rating: 6.8 / 10 | IMDB link | Running time: 148 mins ]
