Nicholas Cage has gone back to making lousy movies, apparently

Rating: 2/10 (17 May 2005)

This has to be one of the most pathetic attempts to cash in on a trend in recent cinema. (DaVinci code) This movie has nothing going for it. The characters are one-dimensional. The story moves along as people go from helper to adversary and back randomly whenever the plot needs them to in order to further itself. We have no idea why any of the characters other than Cage's do what they do. And Cage himself, well, it looks like he's forgotten how to make a decent film and make a character believable. I'm sure he got paid lots for appearing in this over-hyped money-grab. Let's hope he used it to buy something nice. This is profit-driven movie-making taken to it's worst possible outcome. It seems to be of little wonder that the box-office has had disappointing results lately. With films like this to chose from, look for the number of moviegoers to drop even further.