The Da Vinci Code (DVD)

You'd have to have been stranded on an iceberg near the sinking of the Titanic not to have heard of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, a book that questions the basis of Christianity and whether the holy grail is indeed an existing blood line or not. The book itself has shifted a zillion copies despite actually not really being that well written. Here, the text finds itself into film adaption, and a faithful one it is. Tom Hanks, the only actor known to Ron Howard, takes on leading duties as Robert Langdon, the professor who is unwittingly dragged into the mystery after the Head of the famous Louvre Gallery is found murdered. Surrounding him are various clues ...  Read the complete review

The Da Vinci Code seems to have been the biggest phenomenon in the world for the last couple of years. Dan Brown's book appeared out of nowhere and seemed to become an overnight success. Then there was the movie, released earlier this year on Cinema audiences to an enormous amount of hype. It seemed to be targeted at everyone, people who couldn't be bothered to read the book and a chance for those that had to see how it translated to the big screen. While I thought that Angels and Demons was the better book I was quite keen to see how the Da Vinci Code transferred to the movie format. When the curator of the Louvre gallery in Paris is murdered the police are ...  Read the complete review

There has been a murder in the Louvre. A man’s body is found naked, with terrible wounds, his body prostrate within a pentagram marked out on the floor. When it transpires that a message has been left for cryptologist Dr Robert Langdon, the police escort him to the scene where, to his shock he is secretly informed by a young officer that he is the prime suspect. Narrowly making his escape from the police, Langdon and his new accomplice, Agent Sophie Neveu, set about unravelling the mystery of the man’s death and gradually uncover the truth behind a secret that threatens the very origins of Christianity. But not surprisingly, there are those who want the secret to remain ...  Read the complete review

When a movie gets the kind of hype that “The Da Vinci Code” got in the run up to its release then it needs to go some to get the kind of credit that most people anticipate. Whether you’ve read the multi-million selling book by the author Dan Brown should be irrelevant when it comes to a stand-alone movie depiction but, of course, life is never as easy as that and comparisons abound as you would probably expect. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is a Harvard symbologist working in Paris. Whilst working he receives an urgent late-night phone call asking for his help. It appears that the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Discovering a ...  Read the complete review

This is a turgid and bland film that leaves you feeling desensitised and cheated. If someone of the opposite sex took you to see this film as a date, you would beat them to death on the spot and happily serve out your twenty years as a crime of passion, it really is that bad. That it’s adapted from an entertaining and hugely successful book only adds to the indignation I suffered in pouring away two and a half hours of my life on this trash. Tom Hanks is the new Steve Martin. He appears in big budget pieces of absolute shit despite having more money than a small commonwealth state. He’s the equivalent of Elton John recording crap singles with dead rappers. ...  Read the complete review