High entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2008)

Nicholas Cage, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Jon Voight and Justin Bartha star in "National Treasure," a 2004 adventure film directed by Jon Turteltaub.
This is one of those movies where you just have to totally give yourself over to the preposterous story and have a good time. Cage is a member of the notorious Gates family, who have claimed for years that there is a vast treasure somewhere hidden by our forefathers. Cage gets a wealthy man (Bean) to underwrite his quest, which leads to an important clue. That clue eventually leads them to an invisible map... behind the Declaration of Independence. By then, Cage and Bean are mortal enemies, and the race is on.
"National Treasure" is tremendously fun and even has some historical information embedded in it that viewers should find interesting. Its success led to National Treasure 2. Cage is always worth seeing, as is Bean. This is a film meant to be enjoyed - not dissected.