Who casted Cage for this part?

Rating: 1/10 (2 February 2005)

Apart from the plot being completely awful and boring, I was just in awe of how anyone would find Nicolas Cage right for this part. I mean, wasn't his character supposed to be a passionate, super smart "historian"? Even Brendan Fraser or Keanu Reeves would have done that part better than him. How could anyone even begin to compare Cage and National Treasure to Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones!? I don't even wanna go in to the disgusting "land of the free"-wave flagging-propaganda theme... Just one more thing: Has anyone counted how many times "Declaration of independence" was said?
Unforgettable line: "Can I marry your brain?"