Angels&Demons 2009 movie review

 

The second film in the Da Vinci series directed by Ron Howard. The movie again starred Tom Hanks, who found himself at least some franchise for charging big money. The film turned out to be much more pleasant by storytelling. The editing is made at a higher level so the movie looks more smoothly.

The story takes place during one day, this time in Vatican. At this time Professor Robert Langdon is asked to save four people and defuse the bomb, which is capable of destroying an entire city. Again a secret ancient organization is behind, and again the solution is through the path of the prehistoric references and surprisingly collected tips which should not only be a professor's trail, but also the conspirator's.

The film contains a large amount of talent: Stellan Skarsgard, Ewan McGregor and Tom Hanks of course. But this time, the creators use them a lot smarter in terms of the characters they play. Ewan McGregor - one of the most talented actors of our time, played the priest in Vatican. He manages his screen time so well that it gives us the best performance in the movie so far. It was also very nice to see Skarsgard playing the chief of the guard. He perfectly executes his role as always. Due to these performances the film doesn't look that unsuitable as the previous one.

The story itself takes place over a short period of time, that creates an atmosphere of a very interesting and addictive mystical thriller. Events are much more dynamic and create quite a good impression.
In general, the movie is much stronger than the previous one in all respects. From acting to storytelling. The atmosphere of the movie is definitely more suitable for this type of film and the story itself, this time, a little more interesting, although at the beginning it is rather dull.

Also, there is an improvement in the emotional aspect of the movie. Especially thanks to the Ewan McGregor performance. Perhaps the width of this story is not the same as in the first film, but the content is shown much better.