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List Price: $36.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 280
Released: November 24, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In Ron Howard's thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals' lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and the most secretive vault on Earth!
Description of Angels & Demons (Two-Disc Extended Edition):
If the devil is in the details, there's a lot of wicked fun in Angels & Demons, the sequel (originally a prequel) to The Da Vinci Code. Director Ron Howard delivers edge-of-your-pew thrills all over the Vatican, the City of Rome, and the deepest, dankest catacombs. Tom Hanks is dependably watchable in his reprised role as Professor Robert Langdon, summoned urgently to Rome on a matter of utmost urgency--which happens to coincide with the death of the Pope, meaning the Vatican is teeming with cardinals and Rome is teeming with the faithful. A religious offshoot group, calling themselves the Illuminati, which protested the Catholic Church's prosecution of scientists 400 years ago, has resurfaced and is making extreme, and gruesome, terrorist demands. The film zooms around the city, as Langdon follows clues embedded in art, architecture, and the very bone structure of the Vatican. The cast is terrific, including Ewan McGregor, who is memorable as a young protégé of the late pontiff, and who seems to challenge the common wisdom of the Conclave just by being 40 years younger than his fellows when he lectures for church reform. Stellan Skarsgard is excellent as a gruff commander of the Swiss Guard, who may or may not have thrown in with the Illuminati. But the real star of the film is Rome, and its High Church gorgeousness, with lush cinematography by Salvatore Totino, who renders the real sky above the Vatican, in a cataclysmic event, with the detail and majesty of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. --A.T. Hurley
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Angels & Demons (Two-Disc Extended Edition) Reviews:
Another One 
2009-12-26 - Although we enjoyed the movie, it was not as god as the book for me. It seemed like they tried to cram too much in it and it was slow at times.
Another okay sequal... 
2009-12-24 - To start off "The Davinci Code" was 3.75 stars this falls at 3.5 maybe even 3.25 stars. The biggest problem with this sequel is that the book it is based on is a prequel. While the movie decides to be a sequel, this screws up the 3rd act of the movie, with changing the time line of the movie the ending had to receive a Nip/Tuck to make it work with the rest of the movie. No complaints in the acting or directing all are spot on for an adult popcorn film. If you enjoyed the movie version of "The Davinci Code" you will more than likely enjoy yourself watching "Angels and Demons" though you will feel a little disappointed.
DaVinci to Demons 
2009-12-24 - If you enjoyed The DaVinci Code, you'll love Angels and Demons. It is a very good adaptation of the Dan Brown book and as spellbinding as the prior offering. It is well worth owning, because you will want to watch it more than once.
Angels & Demons
2009-12-23 - The product arrived as promised. I was somewhat disappointed in the movie. I thought The DaVinci Code was much more real and exciting. In general, I'd give it a B.
Angels & Demons
2009-12-23 - Really great movie for a super price. Amazon is the only way I'll buy my movies. Angels & Demons is one in my collection of DVD's that I will watch a few times during the year. Tom Hanks is getting better and better as an actor with every movie he makes, this movie leaves you looking at beliefs in a different way.
