National Treasure - The Pipe is Mightier than the Sword

Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 10:43 p.m.

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Nic Cage goes on a deep quest to prevent his own hiring decision from ruining his plans to get super-rich. Along the way he confuses us with poorly written treasure clues, crazy eyebrows, word-association and flaunting Jerry Bruckheimer\'s watch.

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National Treasure is arguably the most "blockbuster" movie ever made. It\'s filled with EVERY trick in the book for film-making that puts the butts in the movie seats. It\'s more crap that\'s ever been put in one burrito. The problem is that every single one of these tricks is as safe and risk free as can be. So yes, it\'s filled with stuff, but no is it anything you haven\'t seen 1000 times in other movies. 

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So likely, you\'ve already seen this as it was a massive success and right in the sweet box for DVD, so you might be thinking of a revisit. I say thee NAY...tional Treasure 2. You\'re just not going to garner anything new on a repeat view unless you saw this when you were 9 and thought it was the best movie ever and want to have another helping of disappointment as an adult.

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So yes, it\'s still fun, but it\'s just barely fun enough for us to give a recommendation but only for first-time viewers and if you\'ve got nothing else going on.

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