Don't even think about thinking since this film makes no sense. Take it as being just clever action scenes and remarks strung together and you'll have a good time

Rating: 5/10 (2 March 2008)

It begins with the search to prove that Nicholas Cage's great grandfather wasn't part of the plot to kill Lincoln and ends up a quest for a city of gold. In between there is lots of chases and action sequences.
What can I say? How can I accurately or critically comment on this film.? I don't think its possible. Its a big wind up toy of a movie thats sound and fury signifying nothing. The plot is so silly and the plot points so unbelievable that it makes the first film look like deeply crafted Umberto Eco novel. I was constantly wondering how it was that no one had ever found the writing on the model of the statue of liberty or the hidden numbers on the desks or...must I go on? Even I if I must I won't.
Its a loud noisemaker of a film that you either give yourself over to or you go mad. Great if you want to take you brain out at the door and smash it with a large gold brick. The lines are witty and the motion pretty but its so vapid as to be beyond reason. In the right frame of mind its dynamite.
5 out of 10 simply because its a movie where your mileage will vary.