Angels & Demons [Blu-ray]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, et al.

Product Description

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• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396292178
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Ron Howard
• Starring: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, David Pasquesi, Thure Lindhardt
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: ac-3
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

The swashbuckler feel of the book is missing.

Representatives of the Vatican police now approach Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), who you might remember from “The Da Vinci Code.” He has been told a mysterious cabal has kidnapped four Cardinals, and they are threatening to kill one an hour unless their demands are met. Langdon, being a symbologist, has been requested to use his skills to locate and free the Cardinals before it is too late. But what did they forget to tell Langdon? I will not go through the whole story, as the bulk of the movie is the surprises that you find as the story unfolds. You will also find you have fun kibitzing with "Do not go here, do not look there." The movie makes a good sequel to The Da Vinci Code, and the characters stay true to form. However, it is too bad if you read the book first, as you will find that Langdon is more subdued, and many of the book's characters combined are eliminated for brevity's sake. Although this is an excellent movie and brings up many thoughts and subjects on religion and science, it is still watered down compared to the book. We also find that even though Robert Langdon is in the driver’s seat, what we miss is the “constantly coming back from the dead” Robert Langdon of the book. In his attempt to make this a more plausible story, Ron Howard has turned Robert Langdon into just another symbologist when he could have been more of an Indiana Jones. One of my favorite characters in the movie is Inspector Olivetti (Pierfrancesco Favino); he has a great attitude and some good one-liners. I have only seen the Blu-Ray edition, so I cannot compare it against the other editions. Nevertheless, be sure to watch the added DVD extras. Some of the extras overlap with each other, but are still worth watching.