A wounded curator staggers through the Louvre, pursued by an armed assailant. He uses his last moments to leave behind a series of cryptic symbols, anagrams, and numbers near his body and concealed in paintings. With symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) identified as the prime suspect soon after his name appears among the clues, Langdon and the murdered man’s granddaughter, cryptographer Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), must act quickly to not only find the real murderer and exonerate Langdon, but also unravel a much larger conspiracy linked to the crime.
Based on Dan Brown’s controversial 2003 novel of the same name — one of the best-selling American novels of all time — The Da Vinci Code zips alongside Robert and Sophie as they decipher riddles, chase red herrings, and are betrayed by erstwhile allies. Closing in on them are the police, as well as a secret society intent on ensuring that any proof of a 2,000-year-old secret and subsequent cover-up dies with them. Robert and Sophie’s search unfolds as a modern-day quest for the Holy Grail, but this time around, the cinematic MacGuffin isn’t an object, but a person. They’re looking for the proposed descendant of Jesus Christ, born of his allegedly secret marriage to devotee Mary Magdalene. Intrigued? Baffled? With a new limited-edition 4K UHD Steelbook now out, there’s no better time to unspool The Da Vinci Code’s mysteries.
