2009 · thriller · mystery · supernatural
Angels & Demons
Directed by Ron Howard2h 19m2009
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Our read: Angels & Demons (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · mystery · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / mystery, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- twisty
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