National Treasure (DVD)

National Treasure (2004) - FILM ONLY REVIEW Certificate: PG (UK) / PG (USA) / PG (Ireland) Run time: 131 minutes Director: Jon Turteltaub Main cast: Ben Gates - Nicholas Cage Abigail Chase - Diane Kruger Riley Poole - Justin Bartha Ian Howe - Sean Bean Patrick Gates - Jon Voight Special Agent Sadusky - Harvey Keitel As someone with an interest in history and archaeology, it is perhaps not surprising that I enjoyed the cheerfully silly Disney action adventure "National Treasure". Something of a sleeper hit when it was first released, this film was enjoyed by audiences but widely ...

>>>> Synopsis Ever since he was a young boy and his grandfather enthralled him with tales of a vast treasure which over the years has grown bigger and bigger, Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage) has been on a mission to discover the mythical treasure. But having discovered the latest clue to the treasures whereabouts, which points to one of America’s most important documents, the Declaration of Independence, Gates is forced into taking drastic action and steals the historic document before his corrupt partner; Ian Howe (Sean Bean) gets his hands on it. With both Howe and the FBI, lead by detective Sadusky (Harvey Keitel), on his trail, Gates ...

~ ~ Every Christmas my teenage daughter and myself take in a movie at the local multiplex. It’s become something of a tradition, and we make a real treat of it, pigging out on the Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, scoffing big tubs of popcorn, and generally having a whale of a time. Last Christmas (2004) we both decided that the new Nicolas Cage blockbuster, “National Treasure”, which opened here in Ireland over the festive season, would be our film of choice. I’m a huge fan of the Cage fella, and the young lass has long been an aficionado of “treasure hunt” movies ever since cutting her teeth on Lara Croft and the Tombraider series. ~ ~ I was dubious as to whether ...