Movie Review on Ron Howard's "Inferno"

There is a switch. If you throw it, half the people on earth will die, but if you don't, in 100 years, the human race will be extinct. You are humanity's final hope.

With such powerful phrases you might think that there's nothing that could go wrong in this movie, but there are some places where this movie do disappoints a bit. Director Ron Howard's "Inferno"- final instalment of the Dan brown trilogy is finally here in India, this time with our own indian-jewel Irrfan khan as one of the main lead. So, Irrfan Khan and my love for its previous movies, made me damn excited for inferno since its trailer release. And after finally watching it first day first show, I felt that although my hopes for this were bit too high but movie didn't disappoint, it showcased mystery, facts as well as Irrfan brilliantly.


Inferno starts off with quick edited sequence which is used to elaborate Robert Langdon's (Tom Hanks) confused mind, which was shown very creatively but also confuses the viewer and for sometime it gets hard to follow. The stage is set too quickly, which do not let the characters breath. So, the first half is bit confusing and less-pacing but the second half picks up the dull tone of the movie and makes it pacing. Apart from Tom Hanks the appearance of quite well acted cast, which include famous names like Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Fellicity Jones and Ben Foster lifted this movie. Each has done quite nice work in the movie, especially Ben Foster and Irrfan Khan. Irrfan's quirky-nature adds up the humour in the movie.


Then, the climax arrives, and this is where things hit the roof and the movie reaches at its peak. The build up to the climax may have been dull, but the climax is very intense and full of thrill. And at last, movie ends satisfying. Ron Howard's direction is quite weak, he could have done better with such a grand plot. The screenplay is interesting and impressive as it builds mystery needed for the movie brilliantly. Hans Zimmer's background score is not up to its mark,but it sure does matches with the movie and stands out towards the end to give thrills. Dialogues are average but some quotes were so awesome that I couldn't get over them.

I haven't read any of Dan Brown's books but after watching this awesome trilogy, I can't stop myself from reading all of his books. As, I too believe that reading is way better than watching. Overall, Inferno got great suspense, mystery and obviously a great cast to look out for. Inferno is obviously a great thriller, and it's much better than Da Vinci Code but fails in matching the pace and thrills of Angels and Demons. But as far as the suspense and the scale of the events are considered Inferno leads. It is not a perfect film. It will not leave you in awe but what it will do is entertain you. If you can look past the many minor issues then you will hopefully enjoy the bigger picture. Atleast, watch it for Irrfan!!!

I'll give this mystery thriller 7 stars out of 10.

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