Quote (Arsenic_Touch @ Oct 19 2016 04:32pm)
It's just inferno, no dante.
And if you want some of the back story and motivations for the characters, yes. But it's not really required. Funny thing, angels and demons actually came first before the da vinci's code for the novels. They change the story quite a bit. They also skipped the lost symbol.
Same applies to jack reacher. The new one is the 18th book in the series, while the first movie was based on the 9th novel in the series. So for all intents and purposes, they're separate contained stories. Might be one or two references to the previous film, but nothing you'd really need to go out of your way to see.
That makes more sense