Hot Chick: Diane Kruger

Hot Chick Factor: 8.5

Synopsis -- a guy uses all available means to thwart a Richard Branson-type bad guy from getting his hands on a treasure stash of unimaginable proportions-- and stealing the Declaration of Independence in the process (seriously) -- including (I swear) attempting to steal the Declaration himself. In typical Bruckheimer fashion, car chases and explosions ensue.

Short declaratory phrase in an attempt to get quoted in TV trailer, ad, or cover box --

"'National Treasure' will make you re-think the way you look at one-dollar bills! And the way you examine reality."

Nate's review:

This movie is some crazy shit, yo. Before the screening, due to the fact that this was a Bruckheimer movie, I set the over/under on car chases and/or explosions at 7 and took the over. The friend with whom I was discussing this with had no idea what I was talking about and hence did not take the under. Too bad for her, the gambling neophyte, because there were two explosions, one car chase and one foot chase (which in this case I feel should count, but still). Should have taken the under! At any rate, the premise is ridiculous, but the movie is not that bad. This is not to say that it is great, by any means, but it's a kid-friendly (but not educational since they made a bunch of shit up) caper movie without any real violence. Nicholas Cage is kinda stinky and kinda good at the same time, tbe evil "British" (nice touch due to the storyline) seemed characteristically like a bunch of soccer hooligans, the annoying sidekick is, well, annoyingly effective, and the love interest, while totally inexplicable and again ridiculous, is pretty. Bonus points for casting Jon Voight (drives a Caddy, not a LeBaron) and Harvey Keitel. It's good to see the government call in The Wolf when things get a little crazy. Sheeit-- That's all you had to say! All in all, you could do better than to spend "coin" on this, as Jim Anchower would say, but you could certainly do worse. It's no "Pirates of the Caribbean," but it's not terrible.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10 things about American history they totally made up

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