National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets [Blu-ray]

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Less engrossing than its 2004 predecessor National Treasure, Jon Turteltaub's busy sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets is nevertheless a colorful and witty adventure, another race against overwhelming odds for the answer to a historical riddle. Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage), the treasure hunter who feverishly sought, in the first film, the whereabouts of a war chest hidden by America's forefathers, is now charged with protecting family honor. When a rival (Ed Harris) offers alleged proof that Gates' ancestor, Thomas Gates, was not a Civil War-era hero but a participant in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Ben and his father (Jon Voight) and crew (Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger) hopscotch through Paris, London, Washington DC, and South Dakota to gather evidence refuting the claim. The film is most fun when the hunt, as in National Treasure, squeezes Ben into such impossible situations as examining twin desks in the queen's chambers in Buckingham Palace and the White House's Oval Office, or kidnapping an American president (Bruce Greenwood) for a few minutes of frank talk. Helen Mirren, the previous year's Oscar winner for Best Actress, wisely joins the cast of a likely hit film as Ben's archaeologist mother, long-estranged from Voight's character but as feisty as the rest of the family. Returning director Turteltaub takes excellent advantage of his colorful backdrops in European capitals and the always-eerie Mount Rushmore, and oversees some wildly imaginative sets for this dramedy's feverish third act in an audacious and completely unexpected, legendary setting. If National Treasure: Bookof Secrets doesn't feel quite as crisp and unique as its predecessor, it is still ingenious and wry enough to laugh a bit at itself. --Tom Keogh

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - There's gold in them thar . . . rocks and water and stuff
Even though I really enjoyed the first National Treasure movie, I have to admit that I wasn't too excited when the second one came out. I thought, "How can they top the awesome treasure they found in the first movie?" And they didn't really, but the formula for the movie - treasure hunting, history, and action - still works.

In this movie, Ben Gates (Nicholas Cage), now a respected scholar, is making a presentation about his great-great-grandfather's role in trying to stop the assassination ... Read More
Rating: - treasure
seller was very prompt with shipping and the entire transaction was very fast and smooth rate a five star will deal with again in the future
Rating: - Ready for the 3rd...
People who don't like Nick Cage need to get over it...he and the rest of the cast do a great job putting together an exciting film for both kids and adults.
Rating: - national treasure book of secrets
Probably the best comic action movie I have viewed in recent years. Good fun good locations good actors good script good everything.
Rating: - Slight But Good-Hearted
National Treasure - Book of Secrets is one of those slight, improbable, but good-hearted Saturday-matinee-serial adventure movies, kind of like what Indiana Jones started off being before George Lucas got all clunky and serious. An almost A-list cast (Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren - good lord, Helen Mirren? She must have had the rent coming due, or something! - Harvey Keitel and Ed Harris, backed up by also-rans Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha) delivers their lines with a fair degree of conviction ... Read More