National Treasure: Book of Secrets

In this adventure-filled sequel to the 2004 blockbuster National Treasure, Nicolas Cage reprises his role as artifact hunter and archaeologist extraordinaire Ben Franklin Gates. In this outing, Gates learns of his own family's implication in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. ...more

Black market antiquity. Revisionist history. Hidden treasures that are sought by opposing good and evil factions. Desks with secret compartments. A book of secrets that only our country's presidents have access to. Those are the clues that drive National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, a shiny, guilty pleasure popcorn flick of the highest order. This fun film is everything a Hollywood blockbuster should be. That is, its quick moving storyline is clever, weaving a network of clues, secrets, ...more

National Treasure: Book of Secrets makes no attempt to disguise its sources. Like its predecessor, this outing functions as kind of a low-rent variation on the Indiana Jones films, and bears the distinct high-gloss production stamp of Jerry Bruckheimer. This is the cinematic equivalent of cotton candy, and gives us virtually nothing substantial to take away from it. And yet, on a completely sophomoric, mechanical level (and even at an excessive 123 minutes) the film feels aggressively enjoyable. ...more