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Inferno
2016 122 min United States of America PG-13 16+
★5.5
Mystery, Thriller, Action
Director: Ron Howard
🎭 Based on
«Inferno»
byDan Brown
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Description
After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
Budget:
$75M
US Gross:
$34.34M
Worldwide:
$220.02M
Starring
Tom Hanks
Actor
Felicity Jones
Actor
Irrfan Khan
Actor
Awards
5 wins & 1 nomination total
Key opinion
Inferno is generally regarded as the weakest entry in the Ron Howard-Tom Hanks Robert Langdon trilogy, suffering from a superficial screenplay and inconsistent narrative adaptation. While the film offers decent production values and reliable lead performances, it often leans into generic action tropes at the expense of the intellectual mystery that defined its predecessors.
| Acting | Tom Hanks delivers a consistent, professional performance as Robert Langdon, maintaining the character's reliable presence throughout the franchise. | |
| Cinematography | The cinematography effectively captures the visual grandeur of historic European locations like Florence, Venice, and Istanbul. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is criticized for being shallow and poorly structured, frequently flattening complex characters and abandoning the intellectual rigor of the source material. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing divides opinion: some viewers appreciate the rapid, two-hour movement that prevents stagnation, while others find the narrative progression rushed and lacking in depth. | |
| Adaptation | The adaptation deviates significantly from the book's ending and plot structure, leading to disappointment among fans of the novel who feel the changes lack narrative justification. |