Nice film if tedious at times

Rating: 5/10 (26 January 2005)

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Maybe it was the fact i got in free to see this film, was the reason it was entertaining. Nevertheless it was a film which was at times highly exciting and at other's damn right boring.
Nicholas Cage was the reason i picked this movie and his nack of playing the hard done by, already illustrated in Face Off carried him through. If anything the action scenes are limited and being a brit, watching a group of people mope about benjamin franklin and the declarance of independence isn't my idea of entertainment.
However it has some set pieces not to be missed. The james Bond mock up was brilliant, the way he done the cameras and then had to pay for his steal was amusing. If you have to be picky, It was predictable as you knew he would escape with the document and that Sean Bean's goons were always going to be an obstacle.
Then the escape from the FBI on a ship got full marks from me and my mate as Cage just shows a great Sean Bean was a bit too nice to be a lead bad guy, would have been more efficient as the sidekick, British bad guys are always sidekicks and are better at it.
In conclusion i thought that, this film is definitely one to watch if you have nothing to do, or need a film to keep the kids entertained then this is the one for you. However if your looking for a great film stay away