This weeks movie is Inferno, which is the third movie in the DaVinci Code series. The only one I haven't seen in the trilogy is Angels and Demons, and it intrigues me to see it after this one, in case there is something I would have missed in the story line. So, I hope you enjoy my review on Inferno.
The movie starts with jumpy footage of a video playing, with a man talking about overpopulation and a plague. It then moves to the same man, Bertrand Zobrist (played by Ben Foster), running into a building from some men in suits. He climbs on the roof, then realizes that he cornered himself when one of the two men climbs up after him. The man, Christoph Bouchard (played by Omar Sy), tells Bertrand to hand over the package, to which he falls backwards and kills himself, which can be seen in the trailer below.
It then moves to Robert Langdon (played by Tom Hanks), as it appears, sleeping, and having a terrible nightmare of sorts. Within are people halfway through the ground, legs sticking up, others with their heads turned to face behind them, and people infected with something. As he goes though more and more, he suddenly jerks awake and we find ourselves in a hospital room. The doctor, Sienna Brooks (played by Felicity Jones), is on the other side of the room when he wakes up, and Robert asks where he is. She tells him that a bullet grazed his head and he's in the hospital with amnesia, when he tells Sienna to turn out the lights. She does that, and Robert realises that he's in Siena, Italy when he sees the Torre Del Mangia.
The acting was very well done for a lot of the movie, but I had a few problems. Ben Foster did good in the first few scenes you saw him in, but he felt a little flat most elsewhere. Felicity Jones also did great in a lot of her scenes, but she had a point where she didn't quite have enough emotion, and fell short of her best. But even so, Tom Hanks was very enjoyable in portraying his character in every aspect possible.
The story plot went about as smooth as uncarved wood, though it was still understandable and enjoyable. It mostly made sense throughout, except at the twists, but that's what the twists are about. It was interesting watching Robert solve a mystery puzzle he had already solved the day before, but at the same time it also seemed to slow the movie down from the pace of the first movie. It just couldn't hold my interest very well.
Overall, the acting had some flaws, and it was a little rough around the edges, it was still a decently good movie. Some things could have been better, others might have been better left out, but considering the good I would rate this 7.3/10.
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