Angels & Demons

Movie: Angels & Demons

Location: 400 Sussex Street

Cohorts: 400 Sussex Street

Summary: Adapted from the Dan Brown novel, Angels & Demons begins with the ceremonial destruction of the Ring of the Fisherman at the hands of Camerlengo Patrick McKenna. The Pope has died, and the preparations for the election of the next Bishop of Rome have begun. Four hundred and forty-four miles North West, in Geneva, Switzerland, a team of scientists prepare the Large Hadron Collider for an unheard of experiment. They will attempt to capture antimatter in large enough quantities to be seen by the human eye. After successfully capturing three canisters of antimatter, an unknown thief breaks into the control room and steals the middle canister.

As Robert Langdon swims laps in the Harvard Olympic swimming pool, he is approached by a representative from the Vatican who comes bearing a symbol that may be of significance. The symbol is ambigram representing the return of the fabled Illuminati, a long defunct group of high-minded scientific individuals whose purpose was to bring the enlightenment of scientific knowledge to the Catholic Church.

After traveling to the Vatican, Langdon is informed that the Preferiti, the four favorites to become Pope, have been kidnapped by an Illuminati assassin who plans on branding and killing them at four locations along the “path of illumination” that leads to the “Church of Illumination”, the ancient Illuminati meeting place. It is there at the Church of Illumination that the stolen antimatter canister resides, its battery slowly draining until it can no longer support the magnetic field keeping the antimatter stable. If the battery is not replaced in time, there will be a reaction so violent it would destroy the entirety of Vatican City.

It is up to Langdon, with the help of Vatican security, to locate the path, save the Preferiti and stop the destruction of Vatican City. But, there will be twists along the way.

Opinion: Angels & Demons is an extremely predictable movie, there is really no doubt that Professor Langdon will solve the mystery and save the day in the end. They try to make you think there could be a chance he might not make it with a scene in the Vatican Archives, but it only serves to make him seem more invincible.

The character of Carmelengo McKenna is, by far, the best part of the movie, and his scenes are some of the movies most exciting.

Though I was able to predict the ending, it was still very entertaining.

I give a 2.5 out of 5.