I wasn't real excited about watching this sequel as I was not all that impressed with the first one. However, I did enjoy National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets much better than the first one. But, Cage is going to kidnap the president and even can get into the oval office to look at a desk? Now come on - would that ever be able to happen? However, I liked how they pulled that one off and humanized the president. Taking his parents along on this expedition, well I thought that was a little far fetched, but all and all, the old couple didn't end up bothering me with their presence and I guess the fact she could read the hieroglyphics, helped. I did like a lot of the special effect booby traps.Ben Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) returns as an archaeologist and artifact collector. It's been told that his family could go down in history as is responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. But there's a secret diary out there from Booth that is missing 18 pages. Finding them might hold the truth and clear his family's name, as well as unlock secrets that allude to giant worldwide conspiracy. Along with the help of his good friend Seth (Timothy V. Murphy), Gates is able to piece together the pages, completing his map to the treasures while enlisting the President's (Bruce Greenwood), help.
Buena Vista PicturesDirector: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Wibberleys, Gregory Poirier, Cormac Wibberley
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jon Turteltaub, Missy Papageorge
I viewed 7/08
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I have to disagree with you, Zola.
I liked the first one, but the second one is REALLY over the top.
Kidnapping the president?? Come on...
And the End was just soo boring, without any build-up it was very predictable, no surprises, and whoops there it was: the end.
*** SPOILER-ALARM ***
Additionally, Ed Harris' character was written completely flat and unnecessary. It absolutely did not deserve the heroism that it experienced at the end. His sacrifice was almost gloryfied in the end, all the while he tried to kill Nicholas Cage the whole length of the movie. It was a weak attempt to replace Sean Bean's great and ruthless character from the original National Treasure.
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