Rated PG for language and peril
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Havey Keitel,
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
The Story:
Benjamin Franklin Gates (Cage) is the latest historian in the lineage of the Gates family to seek the rumored Templar Treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers since the Revolutionary War. However, his reasons are noble, and wants to ensure the treasure doesn't fall into the hands of mercenaries led by Ian Howe (Bean), so Gates and his pal Riley (Bartha) do whatever it takes, including stealing the Declaration of Independence to discover the clues to find the treasure. But will they succeed?
Of course they will!
It's been 10 years since this movie came out, and was critically bashed.
Boo.
This movie is fun.
Check your brain at the door, and let Nicholas Cage have some fun on the screen and just enjoy it.
It's the most enjoyable trip in history, this side of Indiana Jones.
The sequel was decidedly less enjoyable, but nope, I still have a soft spot in my heart for this one.
It's a family-friendly popcorn film, courtesy of Disney. Good action sequences, competent acting, some funny bits...
There's something for everyone, except the haters.
;)
Cage rules!
:)
Final Grade: Solid B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I already own it and it gets a spin every few years.
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