Entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (16 August 2006)

Don't expect anything outstanding about this film though. While it may seem a bit high end at first glance, by no means is it as face paced and action filled as it looks. NT is mostly an adventure film with some good ideas, a standard break-in, some puzzle solving, the standard villain and a good performance by Nicholas Cage and some other characters. The weakest part is probably the writing and performance concerning the bad guys who completely fail to make you fear them or hate them, yet at the same time, do not make you like them either. They came out as quite impotent. The FBI are also portrayed as a bit cruel and incompetent but they suddenly get super generous when the treasure is found. I was actually not expecting an actual treasure and this movie did surprise me in that regard. While this is not Nicholas Cage's better movies, his performance is still top notch.