The real plague: The pervasive sexism that creeps into every aspect of this plot.

When you want to put down Sky Mall for a few minutes, Inferno will be right there, on the back of the seat in front of you.

Inferno is better than The Da Vinci Code or Angels & Demons, but both of those films set the bar reprehensibly low.

The arrival of Inferno, Howard's treatment of the fourth novel in Brown's series, feels marked by the underwhelming previous efforts and a decided sense of obligation toward maintaining an unwanted franchise.