DISNEY: NATIONAL TREASURE(2004)
A great movie starring Nicolas Cage!! Everything you
would expect from the team of Disney!! A
A review from Amazon:
Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure
offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome
its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a
poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci
Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas
Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm
can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived
plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure
of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by
Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires
the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are
crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can
add "caper comedy" to< this Jerry Bruckheimer production's
multi-genre appeal. Nobody will ever accuse director Jon
Turtletaub of artistic ambition, but you've got to admit he
serves up an enjoyable dose of PG-rated entertainment, full
of musty clues, skeletons, deep tunnels, and harmless
adventure in the old-school tradition. It's a load of hokum,
but it's fun hokum, and that makes all the
difference. --Jeff Shannon