An odd mixture of theology and nonsense

Rating: 2/10 (20 May 2006)

Like a mixture of The World of Beakman and Scooby Doo, with a History Channel documentary thrown in for good measure. Audrey Tatou, Tom Hanks and Sir Ian McKellen are completely wasted. Jean Reno plays his usual role of the though guy law (of God) enforcer, and Paul Bettany keeps fighting against a pair of cheap contact lenses. The characters pursue planted clues as if they were on a crazy car rally in what may be the longest night in the history of movies -since it begins in a conference hall and ends (in what feels like ages later) somewhere in the French countryside discussing theological issues. In one of the final sequences you see a group of men entering a medieval church... and once inside, some of them turn into women! Nice locations, though - that accounts for the 2 stars vote. To be watched on a rainy Wednesday when a good book is not available.