Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (23 July 2009)

I found this to be one of Nick Cage's poorer films.
The storyline has great potential and the beginning is promising. The middle adds to the expectation, but then the ending becomes so transparently obvious and is, therefore, a real anti-climax.
Some of the number deciphering did not have any real method to it, which marred the plot somewhat. I know one has to suspend belief for such films, but not to the extent that the decoding was totally random.
I do not think I have been disappointed in any of Cage's other films that I have watched. I believe he can act in any genre, but this film was a bad choice in my opinion.