To Dan Brown fans, National Treasure is familiar territory. And it is a trifle disappointing. To others, the movie is a journey down a path hitherto unknown. And, it is a trifle disappointing.
The film is about a great treasure, so huge that it can belong to no one man. To lend it some degree of legitimacy, or so it seems, the movie meanders into legends of The Knights Templar, The Temple of Solomon, The Masons, The Free Masons, The Illuminati, The Crusades and other such mytho-historical gobbledygook.
Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), third generation treasure hunt....