DCist walked into National Treasure last weekend with high hopes. Although the Post may have maligned it as a “‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ for people who slept through American history class,” as a guilty fan of quasi-historical action flicks, we were expecting to be entertained. On that count the film didn’t disappoint — for the most part, the whizzes whizzed, the bangs banged, and the nonstop action was sprinkled with enough plot twists and fancy gadgets to keep our attention.

As for the Post, at least they’ve got Richard Leiby to point out another, true, Masonic conspiracy is due to come out soon in paperback. Titled “Rebel Gold,” the book “details [author] Brewer’s efforts to unravel stories passed down by his uncle and great-uncle about gold buried by a secret society, the Knights of the Golden Circle, in hopes of funding a second War Between the States.”

Most of all, “National Treasure” disappointed us by failing to take full advantage of D.C. After tantalizing previews and our own research revealed lots of local Masonic conspiracy theories, we were expecting a film to take a little more advantage of D.C. The somewhat nauseating blatant product placement didn’t help either (one scene is set in an Urban Outfitters, in another Cage grabs an Aquafina bottle to use as a magnifying glass)