While I enjoyed reading all of Dan Brown's books, Angels and Demons proved to me once again that his ficton translates to screen play quite well. Tom Hanks was superb in his reprise of the role, but then Hanks doen't do junk. Fantastic edge of your seat thriller, I'd recommend this movie to fans of Dan Brown and Tom Hanks, as well as fans of the genre.
The one good thing about this movie was seeing Jet Li step into a comedic role, I expected the awesome martial arts. But come on, it was like a surreal combination of Lord of the Rings and Last Samurai, with Kung Fu tossed in. Would I recommend it to a friend, no I'd recommend that my friends run the other direction.