How much more formulaic can you get?

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2004)

It's safe to say that National Treasure is a box office success. It's not that hard to understand why. Here's the breakdown. You've got your...
Reckless yet calm guy driven by some lifelong pursuit (Cage), and his funny tech-guy groupie (Bartha.) Soon enough the lovely lady (Kruger) whom was introduced earlier unwillingly gets involved in reckless yet calm guy's lifelong pursuit.
But alas, reckless calm guy's enemy, the Machiavellian shyster (Bean) and his buddies with foreign accents are out to ruin reckless calm guy's day.
That pretty much sums up the base of National Treasure. Needless to say the casting and story were fairly well done, but you couldn't ask for something more typical when it comes to mildly-rated action films. It's a mix of James Bond, The Mummy, and The Italian Job. Nicolas Cage didn't bore me to death, I laughed a few times and there was the occasional biting of the lip. Nothing incredible, but surely a good time at the theater. 7/10.