A watered down soft drink

Rating: 2/10 (10 November 2005)

For a movie that's supposedly based on finding long lost treasure, this one got awfully boring really fast. What happened? By the way, what happened to Nicolas Cage? The man could act once and he was capable of creating exciting characters. But not lately, and certainly not in this film. In this film, his performance is mediocre at best. As his love interest, Diane Kruger gets to look good and has a few good lines, but that's it. His sidekick is really annoying. All this I could forgive, if there was a plot or any excitement in this film. But the number of exciting moments in this film were too far apart. The villain is not very threatening and gets duped way too easily. I thought this guy was supposed to be smart. Of course, I also thought this movie would be more exciting than it was. With the exception of a few chases, there really isn't much to this film. Bottom line: It's a watered down version of an Indiana Jones flick.