Maverick historian Nicolas Cage is after a stash of fabled ancient treasure in this action-packed adventure. 4/5 stars
Luckily, Cage has a knack of solving cryptic clues that have eluded everyone for generations and, to find another vital message, he needs to get his hands on the original US Declaration of Independence document to finish off the job. So, he sets about stealing it from the Library of Congress in Washington DC!
However, bad guy Sean Bean is keen to get his hands on it, too, and is in hot pursuit, while museum official Diane Kruger is also pulled into the plot.
Suspension of disbelief is required in every area of this yarn, which begins with Cage and Bean explosively falling out in the Artic and ends with a creepy old chamber that's straight out of Indiana Jones.
The clues (just wait for those special 18th-century specs hidden in an old wall!) are comically contrived, but the extensive location filming takes in some classic American landmarks and the supercharged action is non-stop.
Cage has just the right tongue-in-cheek attitude for this gloriously outlandish and immensely entertaining adventure, and he is ably supported by Justin Bartha as his sidekick, Jon Voight as his dad, and Kruger.
