It doesn't get as muddled in the details as its predecessor The Da Vinci Code, but the end results are still pretty uneven. One thing I noticed fairly early and irked me is that the characters are constantly talking "at" each other and not "to" each other. To clarify, it never feels as if anyone is having a genuine conversation. Everything spoken (typically shouted) is constantly driving the plot forward endlessly, there's never moments of pause or reflection. I can understand that Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is a Harvard professor, and thus, understandably quite brilliant. How come everyone else is so smart? One of his partners, running around Rome from one plot device to the next, is Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer). Vetra is a scientist, yet, somehow without clear explanation during the proceedings she appears as nearly Langdon's equal in his own field (symbols), helping him translate Latin, extrapolate on theological riddles, etc. Even it seems the local security force doubles as art historians, driving from one sculpture to the next as if adrenaline junkie taxi drivers.
Once the ball gets rolling on the suspense portion of the film, it is fairly entertaining and compelling save you don't get bogged down in all religious drudgery. Its never riveting but fairly innocuous entertainment.
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