entertaining plot, made sense

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2010)

I thought this was an entertaining movie, even if the whole antimatter plot point was a little absurd. The Vatican brings back symbolist Robert Langdom at a time of crisis. The pope has just died and the 4 cardinals that were the leading candidates to take his place have been kidnapped. An ancient society called the Illuminati has threatened to kill 1 cardinal every hour starting at 8 and they have stolen the antimatter and hid it in Vatican City and it is due to explode before midnight. As in the Di Vinci Code, Langdom uses clues associated with the various churches in Rome to find out where each cardinal will be executed. Langdom and the police run all over Rome being just a little to late to save the first 3 cardinals lives.
Then there is a twist with the bad guy being one of those closest to the pope. What I don't get is why did he hide the antimatter where he was because if Langdon hadn't figured out in time where it was, he would have been blown up too. And are we supposed to believe he had the whole save the day with the helicopter carefully planned out from the beginning.
FINAL VERDICT: It's actually a movie that has a plot. It's good enough to keep your interest till the end.