Review of Inferno (2016) by Fidel A — 12 Mar 2017

Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones run around some picturesque bits of Italy trying to stop a group of nutters releasing a deadly disease in this adaptation of Dan Brown's novel. All the clues to what is going on relate to Dante's "The Divine Comedy" and we are reminded of this constantly as Hank's character, Robert Langdon pieces the tenuous clues together.

For such a supposedly brilliant man, he misses what is blatantly obvious from the beginning, which is to say that the people around him aren't who they appear to be and the plot uses one of the oldest cop-outs in the business by giving him selective amnesia.

Hanks is usually so good but even in his capable hands, this movie can't be saved. He looks a bit like an embarrassing dad, running in a school sports day egg and spoon race as he chases around gothic cathedrals and museums trying to work out what is going on.

I really don't know what Ron Howard was thinking and sincerely hope that Dan Brown is suffering from long term writers block.