National Treasure

Last day of the school holidays so a trip to the cinema had to be done. We all groaned that there was nothing better on that we hadn't seen yet, and then had to go with the Jerry Bruickheimer thing in the hope it might at least be fun. Well - yeah, sort of... Taken as a throwaway action pic, then I've definitely seen much worse. It's not that bad really; not that good either - the ABC of cryptology that would make even Dan Brown blush, the cheesy one liners and the under-developed characters, esp. Sean Bean's bad guy, Ian, and a distinct lack of action or thrills. Despite everything it still survives as quite a watchable romp, thanks to Cage mostly, but also thanks to Diane Kruger being absolutely gorgeous. The 8 year old reaction was one of apathy - not bowled over, nor bored rigid - and that's the best that can be said. Kx