National Treasure
This
is a very exciting ride, and it includes enough intellectual history
trivia to peak my interest. This movie features Ben Gates (Nicholas Cage) and Riley Poole (Justin Bartha) trying to
find a great national treasure which was hid by the Masons about the
time of the Revolutionary War. The Gates family has been searching for
the treasure for several generations, all with the clue that it has
something to do with the Columbia. And so we see Gage and Poole in the
Arctic, where they find an old ship, in which they find what looks like a
pipe. They are double crossed by the financier, Ian Howe (Sean Bean) for their venture and left for dead in the Arctic. However they make it back The clues they found in the ship
leads them to look at the Declaration of Independence, so they can
expose a secret map on the back of the document. Both groups, Howe and
his henchmen, and Gage (Gage to keep it from Howe) decide to steal the document to continue hunting
for the treasure. In doing this, they meet Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger) who works for the
National Archives. The stealing of the document is very exciting, and
bits both groups against each other. The FBI is now on their trail, so they turn to their Gage’s father (Jon Voight) for help. He does not believe in the quest, but he has some old letters they need to. They find writing
on the back, a series of codes, but need more information, so they are
off to Philadelphia where they are still pursued by Howe. They find some
glasses to help with the deciphering of the script on the back of the
Declaration of Independence, while Howe gets the actual document from
them. Gage is arrested by the FBI, but to get the Declaration he is
allowed to meet Howe.
This
journey is one good ride. I especially like the action and they little
bits of knowledge which are thrown in as part of the clues they find.
Very fun
