Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicholas Cage) has grown up with stories steeped in treasure and adventure. While Ben believes they are true, and that the Gates family is meant to protect this treasure, his father has grown bitter over the years, believing the stories to be nothing more than that. “National Treasure” opens with a group of men trekking through the arctic. Ben and his business associate, Ian Howe are following clues that have led them to a ship buried under years of snow. Ben believes the ship holds the treasure, but they discover that it actually holds another clue. Ian … Continue reading →