Angels & Demons

Rating: 7/10 (22 July 2019)

This film is said to have an estimated budget of $150,000,000. When one considers some of the crowd scenes and special effects, that is credible. Nothing else about "Angels & Demons" is. To begin with, the founding of the Order of the Illuminati can be dated very precisely to May 1, 1776; Galileo kicked the bucket in 1642, the same year the greatest scientist who ever lived was born, and he died two decades before Adam Weishaupt was born. Doubtless there are many other errors/poetic licences herein, including geographical ones.
The most improbable thing about the film is its timescale - no way all this could have been accomplished in the space of a single day, less than a single day. Having said all that, even if you are not a Tom Hanks fan, you may find the fast pace and non-stop action/suspense to your like.