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National Treasure (2004)
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Nicolas Cage plays the historical scavenger hunt with enough conviction to make its ridiculous leaps feel hospitable. Clues lead to spaces and physical tasks rather than becoming a lecture with pictures. The history is adventure-fiction fuel, not a reliable lesson, but the film offers the uncomplicated pleasure of watching an earnest group work through an enormous puzzle.
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About National Treasure
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.