Utter nonsense

Rating: 4/10 (26 April 2010)

Watchable, but only as a laugh-fest. This is just one big noisy string of car chases, people running around, things getting destroyed, and other assorted chaos.
Nick Cage goes pie-eyed, Ed Harris sneers, Jon Voight over acts, Helen Mirren under acts, and Diane Kruger giggles like a tween from Disney Channel. They're all chasing around after some documents that will confirm/deny a rumor about the Lincoln conspiracy; but the rambling absurdities of Cage are not actually connected to the non-stop melodrama racing across the screen. The supposed MacGuffin (missing pages from J. W. Wilkes' diary) is just gibberish tossed in at random, and never affects anything. It might as well have been about secrets regarding the sinking of the Titanic, the Chicago Fire, or the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Action moves to London to Paris and back to the U.S,; in all these places the treasure hunters punch bystanders in the face and steal their cars.
The foolishness about the president is the most laughable of all. The Secret Service should sue for defamation of character. Meanwhile, watch this as a comedic over-the-top popcorn flick only.