When a groundbreaking scientist is found brutally murdered, world renowned Harvard professor Robert Langdon is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared on to the dead man's chest. Though this is the essence of the Robert Langdon film series, the last two movies had a more cohesive flow than Inferno.Enter the labyrinthine world of internationally bestselling author Dan Brown with his first two spellbinding thrillers featuring Robert Langdon: Multiple puzzles are thrown at you all at once the curious case of Langdon’s amnesia, the Dante Death Mask, Sienna Brooks, Langdon’s different pursuers, the Divine Comedy, and multiple pieces of art referencing hell and divine punishment. But it fails to make an impact because the historical references are lacking clarity. Inferno, like The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, does that effectively. Inferno is just too messy compared to the slow unraveling of the history behind the puzzle in the earlier movies.Įach novel is written like a travelogue on history, religion, and literature. That frantic urgency to unravel the mystery is there, but the story falls flat. The film is rife with the puzzles and mysteries that only Robert Langdon can decipher. Despite the illustrious actor, the film leaves you wanting more -and not in a good way. Hanks has the remarkable ability to make any character so down-to-earth, you almost forget that they’re fictional.
Like the other two movies, Tom Hanks breathes life in Robert Langdon’s character, in the way that Dan Brown intended. While Angels & Demons earned over $450.0 million worldwide, The Da Vinci Code raked in over $750.0 million. Inferno had poor commercial performance compared to its predecessors. Langdon is in race against time to save humanity from being wiped out by a virus created by a Dante-obsessed deranged scientist.Īdvertisement Inferno Vs. Joining Langdon is Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), a doctor with a secret. The clue to solving this mystery is Dante’s Inferno, the first part of Dante’s epic poem, Divine Comedy that inspired numerous art and literature worldwide. Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), travels through Italy’s Florence, Dante’s beloved hometown, then to Istanbul, to find the missing gap in his memories. So, is Inferno as good as The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons? Let’s take a look. The film that was released today (October 28) is not expected to have the same box office numbers as The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons before it. Ron Howard, who directed the adaptations of Brown’s first two Langdon novels, took to the director’s seat again for Inferno. Inferno is the third Dan Brown novel featuring hero, Robert Langdon. Following the successful movie adaptations of Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, Inferno is the latest Robert Langdon’s adventures.
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