ACK!

Rating: 1/10 (1 December 2004)

What a horrid movie! It was a blatant rip-off of "The Da Vinci Code" and not a good one at that. Nicolas Cage had a difficult time appearing to be the scholar and the premise was difficult to swallow, and even more difficult to believe they achieved it as easily as they did. Everything was painfully predictable and sadly overblown. The only bright spot was Diane Kruger - she was at least a refreshing different face. The romance between her and Nicolas Cage however, seemed forced, like it was in there because the movie felt it couldn't survive without some type of romance. Their first kiss was utterly unbelievable and I pitied poor Ms. Krueger. In the movies defense I must say that all the women I work with loved it so apparently there is a market out there for this movie that does not include me.