Inferno
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard returns to direct the third film based on the bestselling series by Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code), led once again by Tom Hanks as famous symbologist Robert Langdon. Co-stars fellow Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything).
Langdon is on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When he wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks (Jones), a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.
- Director:
- Ron Howard ('Rush', 'The Da Vinci Code', 'A Beautiful Mind', 'Frost/Nixon')
- Writer:
- David Koepp
- Cast:
- Tom HanksFelicity JonesBen FosterOmar SyIrrfan KhanSidse Babett KnudsenAna UlaruKata Sarbó
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksRon Howard’s workmanlike adaptations of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon bestsellers will never be regarded as paragons of the thriller genre, but I’ll admit to getting a fleeting kick out of Angels & Demons’ ludicrous plot, which imagined the Illuminati conspiring to blow up the Vatican with an antimatter bomb. Inferno, the third in the film series, is very much in the same ballpark of crazy, following symbologist Langdon (Tom Hanks) as he scrambles through another serpentine trail of cryptic clues and shadowy figures.
It is fun at times but it’s better off being watched at home rather than in the cinemas.
Inferno reunites Ron Howard and Tom Hanks once again adapting a Dan Brown Novel, Inferno. The movie also stars Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan and Omar Sy. Billionaire Bertrand Zobrist believes human life is near it’s extinction due to overpopulation. In return, he’s invented a plague, Inferno. In the meantime Robert Langdon, wakes up in Florence...
A sumptiously filmed thriller that turns into a corny parody
The usual formula for the cat-and-mouse thriller consists of bad guys chasing good guys (who keep escaping), with the cycle repeated several times until the movie ends. There are many variations of course, and the premise for Inferno (2016) is based on lethal toxins capable of mass destruction. Set in fabulously exotic locations, the film doubles as a...
Total Film
pressHaving already taken two rides on the Dan Brown merry-go-round, shouldn't this have been the one where Ron finally got it right?
Time Out
pressOur not-desperately-dynamic duo trundle from one European gallery to another, sharing easily digestible info-nuggets about Dante.
The Guardian
pressPurgatorio is maybe closer to it - something bad is happening, not the full Inferno, but it could be the gateway to the Paradiso of this fantastically boring film actually coming to an end.
Stuff
pressThis franchise, no matter what the box-office receipts say, is officially dead in the water.
Screen Daily
pressHoward keeps the viewer constantly occupied, Felicity Jones is an engaging sidekick, and there's clearly a lot more mileage left for Tom Hanks in this franchise's tank ...
New Zealand Herald
pressWatching it feels like signing up to a tour group visiting the sites of Brown's less popular works and you're not allowed off the bus.
Newshub
pressAchieves the difficult task of somehow being both a tedious chore and cartoonishly silly.
Empire Magazine
pressIt's not the worst of the trilogy, but this is less for fans of thrillers and more for people who are pining after last year's holiday to Florence.
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksRon Howard’s workmanlike adaptations of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon bestsellers will never be regarded as paragons of the thriller genre, but I’ll admit to getting a fleeting kick out of Angels & Demons’ ludicrous plot, which imagined the Illuminati conspiring to blow up the Vatican with an antimatter bomb. Inferno, the third in the film series, is very much in the same ballpark of crazy, following symbologist Langdon (Tom Hanks) as he scrambles through another serpentine trail of cryptic clues and shadowy figures.
Total Film
pressHaving already taken two rides on the Dan Brown merry-go-round, shouldn't this have been the one where Ron finally got it right?
Time Out
pressOur not-desperately-dynamic duo trundle from one European gallery to another, sharing easily digestible info-nuggets about Dante.
The Guardian
pressPurgatorio is maybe closer to it - something bad is happening, not the full Inferno, but it could be the gateway to the Paradiso of this fantastically boring film actually coming to an end.
Stuff
pressThis franchise, no matter what the box-office receipts say, is officially dead in the water.
Screen Daily
pressHoward keeps the viewer constantly occupied, Felicity Jones is an engaging sidekick, and there's clearly a lot more mileage left for Tom Hanks in this franchise's tank ...
New Zealand Herald
pressWatching it feels like signing up to a tour group visiting the sites of Brown's less popular works and you're not allowed off the bus.
Newshub
pressAchieves the difficult task of somehow being both a tedious chore and cartoonishly silly.
Empire Magazine
pressIt's not the worst of the trilogy, but this is less for fans of thrillers and more for people who are pining after last year's holiday to Florence.
It is fun at times but it’s better off being watched at home rather than in the cinemas.
Inferno reunites Ron Howard and Tom Hanks once again adapting a Dan Brown Novel, Inferno. The movie also stars Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan and Omar Sy. Billionaire Bertrand Zobrist believes human life is near it’s extinction due to overpopulation. In return, he’s invented a plague, Inferno. In the meantime Robert Langdon, wakes up in Florence...
A sumptiously filmed thriller that turns into a corny parody
The usual formula for the cat-and-mouse thriller consists of bad guys chasing good guys (who keep escaping), with the cycle repeated several times until the movie ends. There are many variations of course, and the premise for Inferno (2016) is based on lethal toxins capable of mass destruction. Set in fabulously exotic locations, the film doubles as a...
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