Your average thriller

Rating: 6/10 (11 September 2018)

For me, this is one of the rare cases that doesn't call I-read-the-book-movie-sucks evaluation. Indeed, the screenplay cherry picks the reasonable parts of Brown's story omitting the nonsense in the book. With most action pulled by Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer's character seems like a filler for a female cast. To make things worse, Zurer acts more like a lab technician than a top notch physicist. The plot is simplistic and predictable. If you read Dan Brown's other books or saw Da Vinci code, it won't take you long to figure out the twists and the villain. Some nice scenes from Rome are the redeeming qualities of an otherwise average popcorn flick. This is not a thriller that will blow you away but will probably entertain you on a lazy Friday night.