Okay yarn (just about) that belittles the Roman Catholic Church

Rating: 6/10 (8 June 2009)

The Pope is dead, though the true cause of death has not been uncovered. One young man masterminds a highly convoluted plot, using a henchman (note the singular) to blow up the Vatican behind the name of an ancient secret organisation. The Cardinals are sheepish and impervious to the safety of those who come to worship in St Peter's Square. The Pope's security are portrayed as something like the baddies out of Lethal Weapon 2, think Aryan stereotypes (right down to the German language). Walked out of the theatre feeling an affront to my religion. The plot has more holes than the follicly-absent scalp of the director, Ron Howard and although we all need suspend our disbelief at the movies there were distinct ripples of laughter in the theatre at the preposterous turns.