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National Treasure [2004] | ![National Treasure [2004]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5112SXGF1WL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Jon Turteltaub
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 539
Format: Pal, Widescreen
Languages: Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017188814928
ASIN: B0007MZLIC
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: April 25, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can add "caper comedy" to this Jerry Bruckheimer production's multi-genre appeal. Nobody will ever accuse director Jon Turtletaub of artistic ambition, but you've got to admit he serves up an enjoyable dose of PG-rated entertainment, full of musty clues, skeletons, deep tunnels, and harmless adventure in the old-school tradition. It's a load of hokum, but it's fun hokum, and that makes all the difference. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
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 Action filled April 14, 2005
D. L. Morfett (Dunstable, Bedfordshire United Kingdom)
34 out of 41 found this review helpful
I am a particular fan on Nicholas Cage, but this film looked like everything that had done before,and i wasnt overly keen to go and see it. I was glad i did however.
A lot of the descriptions of this film focus on the kidnapping of the Declaration of Independance, this is a major part of the plot, but not the only part. After discovering the first clue, the group that all went together, decide to split, as Benjamin Gates (Cage) decides he cannot steal the Declaration of Independance, then realises the only way to save it, is by stealing it first.
From the race to steal this document, you then follow the two groups, racing against each other, working out the clues, and trying to beat each other to the next one. There is barely time for breath, as each team moves on to the next place.
It is very interesting to watch how they work out the clues from money, and other seemingly insignificant items,that will have you looking at things differently in future!!
Not only is Benjamin Gates battling against the other team (a very good Sean Bean leading it) he is battling against his family,who think that the treasure he is searching for doesnt exist.
I thoroughly enjoyed this action packed film, and the ending is a great climax. There are comic moments with Benjamin Gates two comrades, making this an all round enjoyable film.
Children will enjoy it, although may not entirely understand it. A great buy.
A real treasure August 7, 2006
Greg Farefield-Rose (Hertfordshire United Kingdom)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
An excellent entertaining adventure starring Nicholas Cage as an obsessed explorer whose family have passed down an obscure clue to find a vast treasure. Like his forefathers (but unlike his weary father) Cage is driven towards finding this fortune. The first clue leads to him needing to "borrow" and examine the original Declaration of Independence from a museum and the City hopping, relentless adventure carries on from there...
National Treasure is Indiana Jones with the internet - a modern imaginative adventure where Cage and his cohorts are tracked by a rival explorer - the film's baddie played by Sean Bean. Despite the bad reviews often given to it by others, I think it is a superb, fast-moving and entertaining story which is a serious candidate for my list of Top 20 films of all time.
Good clean fun November 4, 2006
M. Hampton (Yorkshire, U.K.)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's a good pantomime romp that shouldn't be taken too seriously. Easy to watch. Family entertainment. Thoroughly enjoyable. A fantasy adventure that isn't particularly challenging, but it keeps you watching.
Terrific Lighthearted Adventure February 6, 2007
James Barke (Derby, UK.)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
In a sea of movies that bog the viewer down with historical evidence, it's really nice to see a movie that's based on historical groups and events that accepts the fact it's purely fiction. Because of this, National Treasure presents us with an exciting, easy to follow old-school adventure movie with outrageous hidden clues and treasure maps that isn't bound to facts so much that it cannot be original. I would almost go as far as to say that National Treasure is Indiana Jones for the iGeneration. Nicholas Cage does an excellent job of playing the soft spoken hero and is supported by an excellent cast. It was refreshing to see a main character that wasn't all about explosions and dry-cool witted comments.
I sat down and enjoyed this movie from start to finish. This is a great family-friendly adventure movie (though there are a couple of moments that might be scary to small children) that is refreshingly light-hearted to the degree it can accept that a fiction movie is supposed to entertain. Recommend.
GREAT entertainment ... May 8, 2005
Claus Peitersen (Frederiksberg, Denmark)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Despite mixed reviews I followed my instinct and bought the DVD - and what a GREAT movie. Great scenography, loads of action, perhaps not the most original script in the world but it works and the momentum is kept till the very end making the 125 minutes flying by. Generally I consider most of Nicolas Cage's later movies his best and this one is deffinitely worth watching. If you like a great action adventure this is right up there with the best.
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