Uncertain theories and false plot , though developed with suspense and mystery

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2007)

The Dan Brown's international best-seller is brought to life in this film directed by Ron Howard (Cinderella man) with screenplay by Akiva Goldsman and starred by Tom Hanks (Oscar winner for Philadelphia -1993- and Forrest Gump -1994-) as a symbol expert named Robert Langdom , Audrey Taoutou as Sophie Neveu , a cryptology expert , besides the prestigious Sir Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh , among others . The story talks the investigation by Symbologist Langdom when happens the killing of Museum Louvre's curator named Jacques Sauniere (Jean Pierre Melville ) . There pops up his corpse that is rounded by codes , cipher and symbols . Nearly from him , they have found a baffling pentagram and Fibonacci numbers . Solving the enigmatic questions , Robert along with the cryptologist Sophie are stunned to discover clues leading a trail of hidden enigmas , thus occurs with the Leonardo's paintings : ¨Gioconda¨ and ¨Madonna on the rocks¨ and as they find a riddling key with a flower the Lis . It leads them to a Bank where its director named Andre Vernet (Jurgen Prochnow) delivers the security safe containing a keystone . But a French police inspector named Fache (Jean Reno) chases Langdom and Sophie . Meanwhile , a psychopath murderer and a masochist monk (Paul Bettany) wearing a cilice for inflicting pain so he can suffer as Christ suffered , are pursuing them . Besides , an Opus Dei bishop named Aringarosa (Alfred Molina) is scheming odd plans . Langdom and Sophie Neveu become involved into complex resolution of strange crimes that lead from France until England . A British researcher named Sir Leigh Teabons (Ian McKellen) will help them , opening various mysterious around Da Vinci's masterpiece , ¨The last supper¨ ,¨the Holy Grial¨ and ¨the massacre Templars¨ , among other things . Traveling by airplane arrive in United Kingdom and they're going the church Temple and later Westminster Abbey where is buried Sir Isaac Newton , allegedly a Grand master and main lead to resolve the riddle . Other clues leading them to a church built by the Templars themselves , named for the original Rose line : ¨Rosslyn Chapel¨ where they discover the dynasty Merovingia leads until nowadays .
This thrilling movie is a genuine ripping yarn with intrigue , mystery , tension , outstanding surprises but with a plethora of blasphemies . The film is an excuse for a merciless criticism to Catholic religion , the only one apparently can be criticized . It's plenty of theories for nuts , this is an old wives' tale . There's virtually no empirical proof and venturing into the even more bizarre theory about relationship between Christ and Mary Magdalena . Absurd theories about ¨The Last Supper¨ the great fresco of Leonardo . The maximum ridiculous about female symbol when exposes the holy chalice resembles the shape of a woman's womb . Besides , inventing a new Gospel according to Philip what was rejected at the council of Nicea by emperor Constantino . Stupid lies concerning on women like a huge threat to Catholic Church , accusing Inquisition publishes what may be the most blood-soaked book in human history : ¨The Malleus Malleficarum¨ , the witches' hammer , it is instructed the clergy on how to locate , torture and kill all freethinking women , during witch-hunt , the movie tells , fifty thousand are captured , burned alive at the stake , it's a complete lie , someone can to be but no such huge deal . In addition , the Templars slaughter was executed by the ambitious King Philip IV of France , it was not committed by Catholic church for hide the Holy Grial guarded along centuries by Grand Maestre and his guardians called the Senechals and forming a millenarian sect in a secret society called the Priory of Sion . In fact , officials from Britain's Westminster Abbey refused to allow shooting to take place in the Abbey claiming the book is theological unsound . But several scenes being filmed on historical places , with locations in Scotland , Britain and France . As the close-up shots of the exterior of Rosslyn Chapel are genuine, but the two distant shots of the chapel aren't actually of Rosslyn Chapel , this is because the chapel was swathed in scaffolding when filming took place.