Title: Movie Review: Inferno
Author: Mount Tuesday
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Published Date: 2016-12-09
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- Genre Thriller
- Director Ron Howard
- Producer Brian Grazer
- Actors Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfahn Kahn, Ben Foster.
- Reviewed on Cinema (2D)
- Available on Cinema (2D)

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Tourist locations, crowds of people, seat belts securing reckless drivers and Tom Hanks wearing a suit in the midday Florentine sun. Here is the third Dan Brown film.

Remember when cryptic back and forth exchange’s inspired by work of great artists and writers had a huge novelty value to those who’d moist themselves with conspiracy theories. That was a while ago. That was Angels and Demon’s ago. Not much has changed since then. Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) still spends the entire movie on the run.

After conveniently waking with up with retrograde-amnesia, Langdon tries to make sense of a series of visions he has featuring people with ailing skin and their heads attached in reverse all whilst cops, hired killers and world health organisation are aiming for his head. Alongside him is a younger brunette sidekick (Felicity Jones). Their enemy: a bearded billionaire played by the formidable Ben Foster, who believes reducing the global population is the only way to move forward. He arranges a deathly time-bomb in aid of doing so. Inferno is the cure.

Making further sense of the plot is improbable. As usual there is a puzzle to be solved, cue anagrams, code words and references to Dante and the seven circles of hell.

Hanks is top-shelf actor but his performances throughout this trilogy is thankless in comparison to his revered ones. Irrfan Kahn swoops the acting gong in this often ill-written adaptation, his role as the highly professional “provost” is one of the better-written characters and the film becomes grows tolerable with his presence around.

It is assumed that many would make their to the box office for this considered blockbuster. It is also an assumption that many will be disappointed in yet another film which is Hollywoodized in formula.

High-profile filmmaker Ron Howard does redeem himself with an ending that’s worth staying for if you’re looking for some visual repentance. The climax is shrewdly shot using tones of black and red, most probably to replicate Dante’s depiction of Hell.

Tourist locations, crowds of people, seat belts securing reckless drivers and Tom Hanks wearing a suit in the midday Florentine sun. Here is the third Dan Brown film. Remember when cryptic back and forth exchange’s inspired by work of great artists and writers had a huge novelty value to those who’d moist themselves with conspiracy theories. That was a while ago. That was Angels and Demon’s ago. Not much has changed since then. Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) still spends the entire movie on the run. After conveniently waking with up with retrograde-amnesia, Langdon tries to make sense of a series of visions he has featuring people with ailing skin and their heads attached in reverse all whilst cops, hired killers and world health organisation are aiming for his head. Alongside him is a younger brunette sidekick (Felicity Jones). Their enemy: a bearded billionaire played by the formidable Ben Foster, who believes reducing the global population is the only way to move forward. He arranges a deathly time-bomb in aid of doing so. Inferno is the cure. Making further sense of the plot is improbable. As usual there is a puzzle to be solved, cue anagrams, code words and references to Dante and the seven circles of hell. Hanks is top-shelf actor but his performances throughout this trilogy is thankless in comparison to his revered ones. Irrfan Kahn swoops the acting gong in this often ill-written adaptation, his role as the highly professional “provost” is one of the better-written characters and the film becomes grows tolerable with his presence around. It is assumed that many would make their to the box office for this considered blockbuster. It is also an assumption that many will be disappointed in yet another film which is Hollywoodized in formula. High-profile filmmaker Ron Howard does redeem himself with an ending that’s worth staying for if you’re looking for some visual repentance. The climax is shrewdly shot using tones of black and red, most probably to replicate Dante’s depiction of Hell. [taq_review]

Movie Review: Inferno

Movie Review: Inferno

2016-12-09

Mount Tuesday

Boring Hollywood formula

30 - 3.3

33
3.3

Besides the climax and a solid Irrfahn Kahn performance, Inferno has all the makings a great present which is poorly packaged.

User Rating: 1.55 ( 1 votes)

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Kurt is a film editor, but more so an emerging creative. Amidst all the red bull and late nights, Kurt is also trying to find a cure for PSD, post-series depression. He prefers Apple over Windows and occasionally uses local slang.

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