Angels & Demons (2009)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers (WGA):

David Koepp (screenplay) and
Akiva Goldsman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return.

Plot:

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

Plot Keywords:

Illuminati | Vatican | Conclave | Pope | Cardinal

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Robert Langdon
Ewan McGregor	...	Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Ayelet Zurer	...	Vittoria Vetra
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Commander Richter
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Inspector Olivetti
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Assassin
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Cardinal Strauss
Thure Lindhardt	...	Chartrand
David Pasquesi	...	Claudio Vincenzi
Cosimo Fusco	...	Father Simeon
Victor Alfieri	...	Lieutenant Valenti
Franklin Amobi	...	Cardinal Lamasse
Curt Lowens	...	Cardinal Ebner
Bob Yerkes	...	Cardinal Guidera
Marc Fiorini	...	Cardinal Baggia (as Marco Fiorini)

Also Known As:

Obelisk (USA) (fake working title)
Ángeles y demonios (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Ангелы и демоны (Russia) [ru]
Änglar och demoner (Sweden) [sv]
Andelé a démoni (Czech Republic) [cs]
Andjeli i demoni (Croatia) [hr]
Angeles y Demonios (Venezuela) [es]
Angeli e demoni (Italy) [it]
Angels & demons - Het bernini mysterie (Netherlands) (subtitle) [nl]
Anges et démons (France) [fr]
Angyalok és démonok (Hungary) [hu]
Anioly i demony (Poland) [pl]
Anjeli a démoni (Slovakia) [sk]
Anjos e Demónios (Portugal) [pt]
Anjos e Demônios (Brazil) [pt]
Engle & Dæmoner (Denmark) [da]
Engler & Demoner (Norway) [no]
Enkelit ja demonit (Finland) [fi]
Illuminati (Germany) [de]
Illuminati - Oi pefotismenoi (Greece) [el]
Ingeri & demoni (Romania) [ro]
Inglid ja deemonid (Estonia) [et]
Mal'achim Veshedim (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Melekler ve seytanlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Tenshi to akuma (Japan) [ja]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material.

Runtime:

138 min | 146 min (extended edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian | Latin | French | Swiss German | German | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44269) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13 | UK:12A (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Czech Republic:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Germany:12 (f) | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | Germany:12 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Iceland:14 | Mexico:B15 | Japan:G | France:U | Taiwan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M | Finland:K-15 (Extended cut) | Singapore:NC-16 (extended version) | Australia:M | Netherlands:16 (extended edition)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

Tom Hanks underwent strenuous training for Landon's introductory scene in the pool.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The equipment needed to store antimatter, and the quantity produced, is inconsistent with reality. Also, the Large Hadron Collider is not a particularly important instrument in antimatter research, and antimatter research is not an important part of the LHC's goals. However it is established in dialogue immediately that the antimatter-production experiment is an unauthorized piece of research well outside of the LHC's actual mission, and that the few researchers "in on it" are creating an exceptional new method for producing large quantities of antimatter. While this is not realistic, it's deliberate and established in the movie's fictional world.

Quotes:

Cardinal Baggia: May god forgive you for what you've done...
Assassin: Father, if God has issues, they won't be with what I've done. They will be with what I'm about to do.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Angels & Demons: Decoded (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Gregorian Chant: Requiem Aeternam-Introitus (VI)

Why are People Bashing this Movie?

I go to the movies to be entertained. I was very entertained by the first film in this series: The DaVinci Code. It had plenty of twists and turns throughout to keep me very interested. Angels and Demons is no different. If you enjoyed the DaVinci Code, then you will undoubtedly enjoy this movie as well. Angels and Demons is made pretty much with the exact same style as the previous film, but faster paced, which I liked. Ron Howard kept me glued to my seat for the full two hours without boring me one bit.

What I really liked about this movie was that even though it is obviously fictitious, they leave enough real history to make it seem very believable. If there is one thing that I didn't like about this movie, it is that the plot itself is very unbelievable (don't want to give any spoilers). But hey, it's a movie. I was entertained throughout the whole thing and was very satisfied with what I saw.