reviews: November 2004 Archives

Is Nicholas Cage the new Harrison Ford? This film certainly had that Indiana Jones feel, within a concrete jungle instead. What a ride. Fast paced and suspenseful, this is another winning collaboration between Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney. No one is going to get nominated for Best Actor (a la Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Carribean) for this one, but it is a very fun and intriguing movie. The writers did a good job of blending history, mythology and urban legends, although I was a bit disappointed that Oak Island was overlooked as one of the locales. This is a swashbuckler for the tinfoil-hat crowd. Go see this movie!

A very entertaining movie overall, with the sophisticated humor that we've all come to expect from Pixar, and a unique story about aging superheroes longing to relive their glory days. I felt it was a little slow in reaching its pace, but the end more than made up for it. It is not as laugh-out-loud funny as some of Pixar's other offerings (Toy Story, Finding Nemo), but still appealing.