Really good, clean adventure

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2005)

I loved this movie because it had all the excitement of an adventure movie without the exotic locals, the blood and gore, and bad language that often pervades this gender. It gave much history, and despite all the many, many, mistakes that people have found in it, I enjoyed watching all the twists and turns it took to find the clues and solve the puzzle. Christopher Plummer has a very small role as the grandfather, but he is unmistakable with those marvelous blue eyes. One of my favorites who always, it seems, plays the bad guy, is Stewart Finlay-McClennon, last of "Christy". His voice is unmistakable. Nicholas Cage does his usual, wonderful, underplayed hero, and you can't help but like him. His talent is very good. Watching this, and remembering that it is fiction, so it doesn't have to be factual about all the things they found wrong, is very enjoyable and I highly recommend it as a family movie.