Honesty; Good Policy

Rating: 6/10 (20 June 2006)

"Ben Gates comes from a family of treasure hunters. Now his grandfather believes that the forefathers' buried a treasure somewhere in the country and have placed clues everywhere but unfortunately the clues are highly cryptic and scattered all over the place. Now Ben thinks he has found it but it only leads him to another clue which is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now one of his associates Ian wants to steal it so that they could get the clue but Ben refuses to do it so he tries to kill Ben. But Ben evades him and tries to warn the authorities about Ian's plans but they don't believe him. So Ben takes it upon himself to steal it in order to protect it. And he does but Abigail Chase the curator of the National Archives, where it is kept, discovers what he has done and tries to stop him but gets caught in the crossfire between Ben and Ian, so Ben takes her with him. While she doesn't believe him, he is determined to prove he is right about the treasure. But it won't be easy cause Ian's always a step behind him and he is being hunted by the FBI."
I'll be honest, when this came out, i didn't think much of it and didn't go out of my way to watch. I watched it two weeks ago and still remember how good it was. Typical, hey?
Right, this is similar to the Da Vinci Code, get that out of the way. Nicholas Cage (hit and miss actor) suits it well. Diane Kruger is beautiful and lovely and suits her role. Sean Bean show's how to play a convincing villain who you slightly feel for. Harvey Keitel cameos more or less well and added to the movie. Riley, who wouldn't find him lovable. The action scenes, beautiful. The acting, acclompished. The movie, a worthwhile watch.