This movie by itself was very good. I took a friend with me to see it that had not seen The Davinci Code and he was able to follow it fine. For those of us who have seen the first installment, I believe this movie could have been better. There was a bit more of an ability to predict the outcome in this film than in the first. If I had to judge it without me having seen The Davinci Code I would give it 4 stars. Since I have seen it, I give Angels and Demons 3 stars.