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Angels & Demons (Single-Disc Theatrical Edition) |  | Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 21
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 138 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 24370
UPC: 043396243705
EAN: 0043396243705
ASIN: B002O5M4TE
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: November 24, 2009 (New: This Week)
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Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: PG13
Street Date: 11/24/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
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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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 Excellent Flick November 30, 2009
David Spade (Hollywoooood)
I enjoyed the first book and the first movie, but thought this was actually the better of the two movies. Maybe this is because I have not read the book yet? Basically the two movies are the same in that there is an ancient conspiracy brewing and it's up to Tom Hanks to solve it. There are plenty of twists to keep you guessing.
 Disapointing November 30, 2009
Mohd Alabbasi (Saudi Arabia)
I read the book and this movie did not justice to it at all.
I watched it with my wife, who had not read the book, and I had to pause every 5 minutes to explain for 10 minutes.
It too rushed and took the beauty of the story away.
 Definitely Worthwhile November 30, 2009
movie watcher (new york)
I will make this short and to the point. I am not a Tom Hanks fan, yet I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It is great quality, cinematic, beautifully filmed, and very entertaining.
I definitely liked it better than the first. It is absolutely worth renting, and I agree that it is even worth a second look.
There are a few major holes in it, but whatever. These things you just overlook, and enjoy the ride.
******spoiler alert
While I give the film a good review, I have to get a couple things off my chest that I thought were ridiculous.
1) When Robert and the woman are cornered by the killer in an enclosed space, the killer who has previously killed at least a dozen people doesn't kill Robert. The reason is that he "wasn't told to". Was he told to shoot the two policemen five minutes earlier? Or the seven policemen in the church earlier? That was simply ridiculous that a killer would do this, and not even tie them up. Plus, it would have benefitted Ewan McGregor's character if Robert and the woman were eliminated. If anything he would have told the killer to get rid of them!
2) When searching for the bomb, they were pretty sure to have narrowed it to one location. Why didn't they turn off the lights in that location, like they were doing everywhere else? This would have been much more efficient, instead of searching through an entire building. Stupid. And I never understood why would they put a camera on the bomb like that?
Layers of problems November 30, 2009
D. Cruickshank (San Jose, CA United States)
Wow. so many problems exsit with this poor excuse for a film and entertainment. I read the book in two days and enjoyed it. A fast fun read and even though I was a little disappointed in the ending in general, I was entertained.
The Movie is another matter. First of all this is not a film for Ron Howard; he is simply too inclined to gloss over important elements like screenplay and dialog. Four times we are asked to participate in a big chase scene triggered by some sudden symbology-based revelation from Tom Hank's character and then we race all over the narrow streets of Italy to find the cardinal of the moment dead or being killed. Another example of ridiculousness is when 4 cardinals all start brainstorming about how to bend the rules to make the priest the new pope. Really silly and unbelievable.
Just how does the priest who suddenly learns of the God Particle, so quickly craft such an intricate plan incorporating the illuminati to the extent that he has to know their history and symbology so well to figure out where and how to kill each cardinal? One would think he would have to hope that someone would be smart enough to hire a symbology expert to help them figure everything out in time so that he can save everyone at midnight and force all to then conclude that he should be the new pope? even if I assume that he has had relgious history beaten into to him daily since the day he was adopted- when did he have time to also learn how to fly a helicopter and remain current with his skills to allow him to fly the anti-matter away? Since he had so little time to come up with his big complicated plan, how did he have time to find and recruit one guy to do the mutilation and killing and also ensure that this accomplice gets car bombed in the end?
I'm willing to set aside a few errors in the interest of entertainment but this was way too much of a stretch.
My advice? Pass!
 Somewhat better than DaVinci Code November 30, 2009
Viva (So. Cal.)
At least this film isn't a total plodding nodder like The Davinci Code was. This one at least has a bit of life in it, a faster pace, a tighter window of time, and not quite so much dwelling on the symbols or mysteries. Tom Hanks and Ewan MacGregor do decent work for Ron Howard. It's a decent diversion for an afternoon's viewing.
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