Angels and Demons

ANGELS AND DEMONS (2009) - May 17, 2009
Though a clear step up from the Da Vinci Code, this was still inferior to the book -- it was more fast-paced than the turgid original film, but it still failed to match the book's pacing and level of excitement. Tom Hanks was much better here (his dull performance from the first film was the closest he's ever come to a bad performance), but he still didn't really have much to do, as there was a ridiculous amount of plot crammed into this film and not much time to do anything but move from one set-piece to the next. The film moves at a really fast pace, and I was never really bored -- but I was never fully drawn in, either. **1/2