It held my attention and I bit down a fingernail. Anything else would be a bonus, and there wasn't one. I don't remember the earlier films, except that I really liked the first one and the others were so-so. This is of the so-so variety. Special effects, so-so. Set-design, so-so (we saw much of it in "National Treasure"). Stunts, exciting enough. The cast, well, great actors, underemployed. Overall, I am glad I saw it on the big screen, I'd have turned it off if I had tried it on DVD.