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Elemental effects: visual effects studios create AB explosions and virtual environments for Angels & Demons.(Digital Sets: VFX)

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The clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb hidden somewhere in Rome. Only one man, Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon, can distinguish angels from demons and find the bomb in time to prevent an attack on the Catholic Church. To do so, Langdon must get inside the Vatican's archives to discover the path to illumination. But, the Church does not hold the questioning symbologist dear to its heart.

The Catholic Church didn't hold dear the filmmakers who had also made the movie The Da Vinci Code, either. Based on the controversial novel by Dan Brown, the 2006 film directed by Ron Howard had sparked harsh criticism ...

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