National Treasure

Rating: 8/10 (15 January 2005)

This film, in my opinion, is a mixture of many different but oddly related things. Tomb Raidor, Indiana Jones, The Da Vinci Code, Ocean's Eleven... you could go on forever. It's got the adventure of Indiana Jones, the over-exaggerations of Tomb Raidor, the riddles and cryptology of The Da Vinci Code and the criminal techniques of Ocean's Eleven. In my opinion, a rather odd combination of elements provides the viewer with an adventure, offering suspense, adrenaline, awesome scenes, gone-back-in-time-feeling and obviously, the romantic part has its say inevitably! Although the story is quite exciting and attention-grabbing, it is really quite predictable and the characters are stereotypes. There's the do-all-good hero/victim, the beautiful woman he has, at first managed to make her loathe him and then, after wowed her with his noble act, the funny adorable friend, the unapproving affectionate father and of course the bad guy, who is as usual filthy rich and reckless in what he does to win the fast-pacing race. In spite of these stereotypes, it is a rather enjoyable film. I would say that it is a film in which you need not think very much but sit back and relax while the story moves on. The ending is predictable, but rather amusing. Although it's nothing new, it's a fun film, which riddle-loving, adventurous person would love.