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Although the story has been streamlined from the book, leaving out certain details to condense the narrative, the film still holds up as an entertaining puzzle box thriller.

But now that we have mostly moved away from that, it’s easier to see the story for what it is, which is a conspiracy thriller that uses figures from history to craft a fictional “what if?” scenario.

Adapting a book that was already a cultural phenomenon at the time, the film follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), who is framed for murder at the Louvre and has to clear has name by teaming up with Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) and solving a series of clues that lead to the uncovering of a vast conspiracy involving the very basis of the Catholic Church.Įven if you have never read or seen The Da Vinci Code, you likely know some of the twists from the flurry of controversy it caused at the time. The Da Vinci Code: The first and most popular film in the collection is The Da Vinci Code. This set comes easily recommended for fans of the loosely connected trilogy, and my individual thoughts on each of the discs are below. Sharing the same director and star in Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, the films are actually pretty entertaining for what they are, despite having received some decidedly mixed reviews. Based on the bestselling books by Dan Brown, the 2006 blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, its 2009 sequel Angels & Demons and last year’s most recent instalment Inferno are now available together on Blu-ray in the nicely compact Robert Langdon 3-Movie Set.

The da vinci code angels and demons inferno