JUNE1 --- ANGELS AND DEMONS REVIEW

CAST:Tom hanks,Ewan McGregor,Ayelet Zurer,
Stellan Skarsgard,Pierfrancesco Favino,Nikolaj Lie Kaas
GENRE:DRAMA|ADVENTURE|THRILLER|MYSTERY
DIRECTOR:RON HOWARD

STORY:Tom hanks(Robert Langdon) ,the symboligist who proved the entire Vatican that Jesus christ had a wife In his earlier Da vinci code is now called by the Vatican to solve a mystery named the "ILLUMINATI". Illuminati refers to the group of people of the 16 th and 17 th century who had enough knowledge on Science and were considered aethists as they had no faith in God. The Vatican were against this.So in the 17 th century almost all the Illuminati's were killed by the vatican(Incident named Legorah).The story begins with the death of Pope and an antimatter being stolen from the particle collidor laboratory in Geneva ( Switzerland).The death of the pope calls for an immediate election to deceide who the next Pope will be . The cardinals and Saints from various countries assemble in Rome.Unfortunately the 4 candidates who were to stand in election are kidnapped by the group Illuminati and they also have the anti matter with them. The illuminati then issue a warning saying that at the end of every one hour a candidate for the Pope election dies and at the end the anti matter will be blown thereby destroying the entire Vatican.The vatican police and the church calls up on Robert langdon(tom hanks) to solve this mystery.Hes accompanied with Scientist Vittoria Vetra(Ayelet Zurer) who works in the particle collidor laboratory in switzerland from where the anti matter was stolen.

THE MYSTERY: Illuminati's try to kill each and every pope(ie. 4 candidates) by placing a mark on their heart with an illuminati symbol. There are 4 symbols Each one referring to One Illuminati Church and the 4 signs are as follows Wind water Earth Fire. Each of the pope of the 4 will be kept in each of the illuminati churches plus there is an additional 5 th sign and a 5 th church where the anti matter is placed. Its upto Robert Langdon and his team to find out the 5 churches around the city of rome and save the pope as well as find out the anti matter before it blows offThe Screenplay is absolutely Fantastic with each scene remaining a mystery to be solved thereby leading to the illuminati churches .The background score is a huge plus for the movie .An additional Info the entire vatican city rome you come to see in the movie is actually an animated one which has been made to look real .Tom Hanks does a fantastic job as the symbolist who solves the mystery while Ayelet Zurer assists him. Hes also accompanied by the Vatican City comissioner and Other city police officials who help him tracing down the illuminati churches. The young cardinal Ewan McGregor who himself has a desire of becoming the next pope although hes not taking part in the elections has done a good job. Lookout for his twist in the endThe movie ends with one of the most unpredictable climaxes and a pope being elected to become the leader of christianity .

RATING:3.5/5
VERDICT:GO FOR IT
AT THE CBO: WITH TAMIL MOVIES FAILING TO HIT THE BULL'S EYE THESE DAYS ,THIS MOVIE WILL HAVE A DECENT RUN IN THE CITY