A treasure itself

Rating: 10/10 (22 November 2006)

Every decade or so they get one of these hunt & chase movies right. Cage, Kruger and Bartha track down stupendous treasure based on clues laid out by founding fathers. Keitel threatens to arrest Cage while Bean and his cronies are on Nick's trail with more evil intentions. Most of the clues are contained in or on national landmarks which means some good action scenes in the vicinity of famous places. I'm not saying this is foolproof stuff but it's plausible enough that if I want to pretend it's real I can live with myself. And if you like American history it's a blast. I've never been much of a Cage guy but his style finds a very comfortable home in this one. The interaction between our heroes is fun to watch, including Voight as Cage's skeptical old man, and Bean does well on the dark side. A more cerebral, US-based Raiders of the Lost Ark, certainly no less believable. Highly recommended.