national treasure ( 2004 ) be a thoroughly misguide hodge podge of plot entanglement that borrow from nearly every cloak and dagger government conspiracy cliché that have ever be write . the film star nicholas cage a benjamin franklin gate ( how precious be that and i ask you . ) while a seemingly normal fellow who and for no other reason than be of a lineage of like mind misguide fortune hunter and decides to steal a national treasure that have be hide by the united state found father . after a bit of subtext and background that play laughably ( unintentionally ) like indiana jones meet the patriot and the film degenerate into one misguide whimsy after another attempt to create a stanley goodspeed regurgitation of nicholas cage and launch the whole convoluted mess forward with a series of high octane and but disconnect misadventure . the relevancy and logic to have george washington and his motley crew of patriot bury a king ransom someplace on native soil and and then and go through the meticulous plan of leave clue scatter throughout u. s. currency art work and be something that director jon turteltaub never quite get around to explain . couldn not washington find good usage for such wealth during the start up of the country . hence and we be leave with a mystery build on top of an enigma that be already on shaky grind by the time ben appoints himself the new custodian of this untold wealth . ben intention be noble if confuse . he set on protect the treasure . for who and when . your guess be as good a mine . but there be a few problem with ben crusade . first up and his friend and ian holmes ( sean bean ) decide that he can not wait for ben to make up his mind about steal the declaration of independence from the national archive ( oh and yeah brilliant idea . ) . presumably and the back of that famous document hold the secret answer to the ultimate fortune . so ian try to kill ben . the assassination attempt be and of course and unsuccessful and if overly melodramatic . it also afford ben the opportunity to pick up and and pick on and the very sultry curator of the archive and abigail chase ( diane kruger ) . she think ben be clearly a nut at least at the beginning . but true to action or romance form and abby resolve melt quick than you can say and be that the hope diamond . the film move into full x file ish mode and a the fbi and mistakenly believe that ben be behind the theft and retaliate in various benign way that lead to a multi layering of action sequence reminiscent of mission impossible meet the fugitive . honestly and do not those guy ever get intelligence information that be correct . in the final analysis and national treasure isn not great film making and so much a it a patchwork rehash of tired old bit from other movie and weave together from scrap and the like of which would make il betsy ross blush . the buena vista dvd deliver a far more generous treatment than this film be deserve of . the anamorphic widescreen picture exhibit a very smooth and finely detailed image with very rich color and natural flesh tone and solid black and clean white . the stylized image be also free of blemish and digital enhancement . the audio be 5 . 1 and delivers a nice sonic boom to your side and rear speaker with intensity and realism . extra include a host of promotional junket material that be rather deep and over the top in it explanation of how and why this film be make . if only and a an audience and we have have more clarification a to why ben and co. be chase after an illusive treasure and this might have be one good flick . extra conclude with the theatrical trailer and audio commentary and delete scene . not for the faint hearted just the thick head .