This is National Misery's Book of Secrets *1/2

Rating: 3/10 (20 June 2009)

Even with a stellar cast of Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight and Helen Mirren, nothing can really save this desperately pathetic film.
I really thought I was in for a good civil war production on those really responsible for the assassination of President Lincoln. Instead, we go all over the place while searching for an ancient city of gold. Only through such a miserable script could Cage be able to figure out the outrageous clues that are left.
As far as Queen Victoria siding with the Confederacy, forget that. Yes, it's true that the England needed the south's cotton, but the former wisely chose to be neutral in the conflict.
We have chase scenes in London, England to rival that of a James Bond thriller.
The problem with this film is that they let the theme go complete awry and the result is an absolute stinker of a film.