the dan brown international best seller be bring to life in this film direct by ron howard ( cinderella man ) with screenplay by akiva goldsman and with tom hank ( oscar winner by philadelphia 1993 and forrest gump 1994 ) a a symbols expert name robert langdom and audrey taoutou a sophie neveu and a cryptology expert and besides the prestigious sir ian mckellen a sir leigh and among others . the story talk the investigation by symbologist langdom when happen the killing of museum louvre curator name jacques sauniere ( jean pierre melville ) . the corpse be around with code and cipher and symbol . nearly from him they have find a baffling pentagram and a fibonacci number . solve the enigmatic question and robert along with the cryptologist sophie be stun to discover clue lead a trail of enigmas hidden and thus with the leonardo painting represent gioconda and madonna on the rock find a riddling key with a flower the li . it lead them to a bank where it director name andre vernet ( jurgen prochnow ) deliver the security safe contain a keystone . but a french police inspector name fache ( jean reno ) chase langdom and sophie . meanwhile a murderer psychopath and masochist monk wear a cilice for inflict pain so he can suffer a christ suffer and be pursue them . besides an opus dei bishop name aringarosa ( alfred molina ) be scheme odds plan . langdom and sophie neveu become involve into complex resolution of strange crime that lead since france until england . a british researcher name sir leigh teabons ( ian mckellen ) will help them and open various mysterious around da vinci masterpiece represent the last supper and the holy grial and the massacre templar and among other thing . travel in airplane arrive to united kingdom and theyre go the church temple and later to westminster abbey where be bury sir isaac newton and allegedly a grand master and main lead to resolve the riddle . another clue lead them to a church build by the templar themselves and name for the original rise line represent rosslyn chapel where discover the dynasty merovingia lead until nowadays . the movie be a genuine ripping yarn with intrigue and mystery and tension and outstanding surprise but with a plethora of blasphemy . the film be an excuse for a merciless criticism at catholic religion and the only one apparently can to be criticize . it plenty of theory for nut and this be an old wivestale . there virtually no empirical proof and venture into the even more bizarre theory about relationship between jesuschrist and mary magdalena . absurd theory about ¨the last supperthe great fresco of leonardo . the maximum ridiculous about female symbol when the chalice resemble the shape of a woman womb . besides invent a new gospel accord to philip what be reject at the council of nicea by emperor constantino . a stupid lie concern on woman like a huge threat to the catholic church and accuse inquisition publishes what may be the most blood soak book in human history represent the malleus malleficarum and the witch hammer and it be instruct the clergy on how to locate and torture and kill all freethinking woman and during witch hunt and the movie tell and fifty thousand be capture and burn alive at the stake and it a complete lie and someone can to be but no such deal . besides the templar slaughter be execute by ambitious king philip iv of france and isn not commit by catholic church for hide the holy grial guard along century by grand maestre and his guardian call the senechals and form a millenarian sect constitute in secret society call the priory of sion .