Pretty Decent Movie

Rating: 8/10 (14 November 2005)

I just saw this movie on cable the other night and I actually liked it. I know it received bad reviews when it was released. It reminded me of Dan Brown's books 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels and Demons' which I loved. If you like those books you will probably like this movie. As far as being historically correct, well I think you just have to put that aside when watching this kind of movie. I think people get too hung up on historical accuracy and whether this or that is plausible. If I want to watch something historically accurate I'll watch a documentary. Personally, I'm not a huge Nicholas Cage fan but he did OK in this. And the character of Riley was great. He had some great dry humor and one-liners. Really cracked me up. I also liked John Voight as Cage's father. They way he was peeking around the corner and giving them tips was really cute. He tries to have an adult sensibility that this quest is silly but he also has a boyish nature that wants to believe that buried treasure really can exist.