Reception
The film currently holds a 39% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 68 score in Metacritic for mixed or average reviews. Neil Smith from Total Film originally gave it 4/5 stars and said: "some of the author's crazier embellishments are jettisoned in a film that atones for The Da Vinci Code's cardinal sin — thou shalt not bore."[27] Kim Newman only awarded it 2/4 stars, stating: "Every supporting character acts like an unhelpful idiot to keep the plot stirring, while yet again a seemingly all-powerful conspiracy seems to consist of two whole evil guys".[28]