Review of National Treasure (1927) by Paul J — 15 Jul 2015

"The greatest adventure history has ever revealed.".

I revisited National Treasure after 11 years. I remembered watching, enjoying it when I was a kid and thought it would be interesting to see if it was how I remembered. No. What we have here your standard Hollywood adventure, tailor made so the whole family can enjoy the bullshit.

Benjamin Gates comes from a family of treasure hunters. The treasure he is looking for is the greatest to ever exist. It was fought over for thousands of years, before the Knights Templar made a splinter society called the Freemasons, who decided that the treasure was too great for any one man. So they hid and left very obscure and ridiculous clues to keep the treasure from completely disappearing. Gates is on the trail, as his family had been before him. Soon he has the FBI after him, along with some ex-teammate gone rogue treasure hunters.

There's not much to say about the movie. While being terrible, it is moderately fun, especially if you're under the age of 12. It's a shame that this type of movie only muddies the water of true history, especially the true history of the Knights Templar and the Freemasons.