Corrected entry: Ben, Abigail and Riley are able to escape by a stealing his father's Cadillac De ville. The Cadillac De ville has an OnStar system that would allow the FBI to track them and intercept them, ruining any chances of escape for the three. The FBI would ask Ben's father what kind of car he has, and he would tell them. On star systems are very difficult to disable, taking several hours. By then, the FBI probably would gotten to Ben's father's house before Ben, Abigail, and Riley could escape.
MasterOfAll
28th Oct 2017
National Treasure (2004)
Correction: How could have the FBI gotten to Ben's father's house before they did? They didn't steal the car until after they figured things out, and the FBI would have no way of knowing anything about the car.
Correction: By the time the FBI released Ben's father, they were far ahead of them, most likely ditched the car since we didn't see it later in the film, and the FBI did catch up with them. Ben got arrested.
We do see the car later. FBI says "they found the car." And Ben is pushed against it to be arrested by the FBI.
3rd Jan 2017
National Treasure (2004)
Corrected entry: The Knights Templar are mentioned a number of times during the film as if they were part of Freemasonry. They were not. They were a Catholic order of Knights who were originally established in the 1100's to protect the Holy Land. They had nothing to do with Freemasonry.
Correction: Or so they want you to think. Actually there have been many theories that the Knights Templar continued on to form many modern day institutions, including the Freemasons. In any case this falls under artistic license.
By this theory, they also took form as many other more ancient groups, and is currently the Illuminati.
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Correction: It is quite possible the OnStar system was deactivated / disconnected long before Ben and the others took it. You unsubscribe, remove the fuse and disconnect the wires on the onstar box. Nobody would be able to track it.
lionhead