Angels & Demons (2009)

Most people think so. 78% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 42%, but audiences disagreed.

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave. Wikipedia ↗

Angels & Demons is a 2009 American mystery thriller directed by Ron Howard, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code. Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon, who is summoned to the Vatican when the Illuminati — an ancient secret society long thought dissolved — kidnaps four papal candidates during a papal conclave and threatens to destroy Vatican City with an antimatter bomb stolen from CERN. Racing against a midnight deadline, Langdon must follow a trail of clues hidden across Rome by the sculptor Bernini to find and rescue the cardinals and locate the bomb.

The film's breakneck pace across real Roman landmarks — the Pantheon, St. Peter's Square, the Castel Sant'Angelo — created a thrilling architectural tour. Ewan McGregor co-starred as the sympathetic Camerlengo Patrick McKenna.

Angels & Demons earned $485 million worldwide on a $150 million budget. The film was praised for its entertaining execution of its genre formula.