National Treasure: DVD Review

When I first got this DVD, I noticed that the producers name was Jerry Bruckheimer, the man credited with movies and shows like Pirates of the Carribean, CSI, the amazing race, and The lightning, just to name a few. I knew I was in for a great movie.

Washington D.C.,1974. As the night brewed up a storm, young Ben, with his flashlight at hand, decided to embark on once again finding his Granpa's old letters in the attic. Caught looking around by his Grandpa, he once again descibe the tale about how his Granpa's Grandpa, Thomas Gates, saved the hidden secrets acquired by the FreeMasons and hid it in the same exact letter's young Ben was trying to find. His Grandpa told the tale of how Thomas gates was entrusted with the secret of the greatest treasure on earth. A treasure that belonged to King Soloman, brought to America by Freemasons, and hidden somewhere in America. Devising a series of clues, Thomas Gates was entrusted with this secret of the treasures whereabouts. Soon, ben's Granpa was interrupted by his son, calling the story a fluke.

Years later and much older, ben embarks on a crusade to find a ship wrecked along time ago, now encased in an arctic environment. With his two partners, Ian and Riley, Their metal detector found the ship's bell marked the Charlotte Upon further investigation, the trio happened upon their first clue, a pipe, to this massive mystery, but an arguement soon erupts. Ian and ben confront each other about what to do collecting information from The declaration of Independence. Ian wants to steal it and ben thinks otherwise, and after a huge fight ensues, Ben and Riley barely get away with their lives. Now Ian and Ben are on a race against each other to see who gets to the treasure first.

Ben and Riley, following the first clue, end up in washington D.C. and set up an Interview with Dr. Chase, an agent for National Security. After Ben describes to Miss Chase that someone was going to steal The Declaration of Independence. After listening to their story, Ms. Chase thinks she's talking to treasure hunters, instead of men trying to save the famous document, and quickly debunks their story. knowing now that they have to steal the document themselves, to keep it away from Ian, Ben and Riley install a "james bond" approach to stealing this famous document.

After coming up with an intricate plan, Ben and Riley come up with a plan for Ben to invite himself to a festive party, getting closer to the document to steal it. Not knowing that Ian is also there trying to steal the document, but with a different approach. both parties are going after the document at the same time, with Ben one step ahead. Ben once again runs into Dr. Chase and her curiosity gets the best of her, watching Ben, and drawing a "red flag" to his visit to the party. Withh riley at the controls, a mishap ensues, making Ben make quick decisions stealing the document.Ben narrorly escapes Ian, and with gunfire at his back, a car chase soon erupts. Dr. Chase is involuntarily drug in the middle and captured, but it soon rescued by Ben. She now hears the full story, elaborate or not, and now has to trust ben on his intentions with the document.

Now that the Declaration of Independence is stolen, the Feds are now involved. After some investigating, (finding Ben'ss credit card purchase), they now know who to go after. Ben visits his skeptical dad to solve the mystery behind this document, finding codes on the back. Asking his dad for the letters, Ben soon learns that his dad donated the famous letters to the Franklin institute in Philadelphia. With the Feds right behind him, ben ties up his dad, to msake it look like he was robbed, and he borrowed his dad's car, heading for The Franklin Institute.

Riley, wanting not to be seen in any more public places, hires a 10-year old to collect said information from the letters in The Franklin Institute. His information now sends them to the Liberty Bell. As he solves the next the next riddle, Ian is once again on our trio's tail. Ian sees this 10-year old collecting data, and decides to bribe him with a $100 bill, getting all the information he needs. Solving the riddle by shadows and time, ben soon finds a pair of Ocular glasses, built to decipher certain codes and manuscripts. By using the Oracle glasses, they are led to another direction, but Ian is once again on their backs, so they decided to split up. Ian spots them and gunfire ensues. As Riley And Ms. Chase hide from Ian's thugs, Ben narrowly escapes, but Riley trips and put the document straight into Ian's hands.

Getting the bad news that Ian has the document, Ben sets up for the trio to regroup, but the Feds snared him before he got to the other two. Chase decides to make a deal with Ian, and he calls the Feds to switch the glasses with the document. Setting up an appointment at the U.S.S Intrepid, the federal authorities were conned into letting Ben jump off the ship and escape. Ian now has the upper hand, Ben soon realizes that Ian also kidnapped his dad, making his odds at getting all the information from Ben and getting the treasure faster. All parties, after Ian kidnapped Riley and Chase, soon meet at the Trinity church, solving the rest of the mystery together with the Oracle glasses. Finding a fake wall, they soon break through and are led through a corridor of tunnels and mazes, leading up to a long flight of 300 year-old wooden stairs. Nearly falling a couple of times, due to the deterioration of the old stairs, all parties finally embark on the last mystery to be solved. Ben and his dad, seeing that the "staus quo" of staying alive is meek, decide to come up with an intricate lie, explaining to Ian that they were actully at a dead end, and that the last mystery can be solved elsewhere. As Ian leaves our foursome group down there to die, they decide to finish solving the riddle.

With trying to find another way out of their dire consequence, ben finally deciphers a hole, realizing it is actually a keyhole, and upon unlocking the door, finds the greatest treasure in the world.

With the Feds still wanting someone to pay for the crimes commited during this adventure, Ben barters with the agent, and upon finding his whereabouts, Ian is soon arrested. The four treasure hunters get to collect 1% of the loot, still giving them millions to live on, and with the love interest Dr. Chase and ben grew, all's happy with a great life.

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