After exposing an alleged Church cover-up in "The Da Vinci Code," symbologist Robert Langdon returns to the big screen as an unlikely Vatican ally in the latest movie adaptation of a novel by Dan Brown. "Angels & Demons," again starring Tom Hanks as Langdon and directed by Ron Howard, hits local theatres on May 16 against a backdrop of the Church vs. Science. The film opens with the death of the pope in Rome, while at the same time scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) secretly create anti-matter, also nicknamed "The God Particle." The pope's succession quickly becomes a pretext for conspiracies within the church and threats from an ancient secret brotherhood called "The Illuminati." The famed Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to decipher the clues linked to the centuries-old secret society in order to save some kidnapped cardinals, who are to be killed on the hour. He gets help along the way from sexy and mysterious Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), an Italian scientist who worked at the lab where "The God Particle" was stolen. This movie has a suspenseful storyline with an anti-matter bomb and the race to prevent the destruction of Vatican City.