A good, clean, action and suspense-filled film!

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2007)

I first sat down and watched National Treasure on a bored, and lazy summer day, in which I reasoned I had nothing better to do. I had seen the movie promoted on Disney Channel (my little brother's favorite channel, it's almost always on at home) and racked it up to be just another cheesy kid flick that was hardly worth my time.
When the movie finished, I was a bit dazed, because I wondered how it ended so fast. Hadn't I just started it? This rarely happens to me, when watching a movie. What can I say? I'm a hyperactive, distracted kind of girl and even if a movie is well done, I usually find myself checking the clock at some point during the film's run, but not with National Treasure. This little "Disney kid flick", what I had assumed it to be, had taken my entire focus and attention, and I wasn't even aware it had.
National Treasure has a strong cast that click, and a plot threaded with history without feeling, even remotely, like some afternoon educational PBS program. The movie takes on action, partnered with suspense, and even a little romance, for a ride that will keep the viewer guessing until the end. (At least it did for me; and this is coming from someone who usually spots predictable plots from the movie's trailer).
Rare is the action/suspense film that doesn't have at least a PG-13 rating, if not an R rating. This is one of the few there is, and the only one I have found well worth a viewingif not a few.