A Whopping Bore

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2004)

Should be titled "International Treasure". The entire treasure is probably Egyptian and areas thereabouts. Certainly not U.S. treasure. (We claim everything for ours, don't we.) While not quite a "must-not-see" it really is better to wait for video. While the final treasure find is nice, the build-up was so much more than the director could muster in the "find" scene. It just whimpered home. The acting was so-so, Ms. Kruger's German accent crept through every once in awhile (I know, she said she wasn't born here in the movie, but then an accent would be okay). Cage didn't have the right tongue-in-cheek delivery to make it fun. But I do wish someone would make a movie like that that IS fun and interesting and exciting. Are they making the DaVinci Code into a movie? If they do, keep Turtletaub away from it. Libby T.