The Knights Templar DVD

Advantages: Quite gripping
Disadvantages: Possibly needed more action

...A brilliant original storyline which is becoming more and more rare these days. Nicholas Cage was great as usual. Generally quite a good cast. I was a bit worried at the start when I realised it was another film about the Knights Templar and the Masons but I think it worked. I found National Treasure quite gripping and I found that all of the way through the film you want to know whats going to happen next. I suppose the story is almost like an historic conspiracy theory come true. I think it would be fair to say that this film had something for everyone although I think the film could have benefited with a bit more action that may have pushed the rating up. Good film, watch it!... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting, well made
Disadvantages: Not a lot of action sequences

...I wasn't expecting a lot of this, which is lucky, because that meant I wasn't disappointed. The film is big on history - you learn a lot about the founding fathers of the US, and even a bit about the Knights Templar and the Freemasons (although who knows how accurate that bit is?) and you get to take a little tour of famous historical sites in the US. The story is pretty so-so - Nicolas Cage was told about this secret map to the treasure of the Knights Templar by his grandfather when he was a boy, and he spends the rest of his life looking for it. At the point where the film starts, he succeeds in finding the solution to the one clue he does have, only to find that the map itself is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. The guy who was bankrolling him turns out to be a crook and says that they should steal it. Nicolas Cage... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: pretty faithful to the original Dan Brown book, keeps your attention, nice locations
Disadvantages: maybe a bit long

...shaving Langton comes up with something else. And leads the viewer back to the Louvre. Only negative for me: The movie does drag on a bit. But after you've seen it one time you'll probably want to watch it over again as so many little facts are thrown in relating to Christianity, the holy grail, the Knights templar, etc.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful