Four Stars, Movie Reviews - Sunday, January 6, 2008 3:12 - 3 Comments

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Theaters)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets was a excellent sequel to the original feature. Nicholas Cage is back as Benjamin Gates, and he along with sidekick Riley Poole embark on another crazy adventure to find a lost and forgotten treasure in the great U.S of A.

I can’t speak for everyone else, but I really can’t understand why this film got such poor reviews from the critics. We all knew that this movie was produced by Disney, so I was expecting a movie that was over the top but filled with entertainment and excitement. I got just that.

There were critics out there who complained that the film was too much like Indiana Jones. Why reinvent the wheel? People love a good treasure hunt and action film and National Treasure was a tribute to that success. Others complained about historical context of the movie. All I can say is What the F@#k? No really. Why are you watching a Disney film if your expecting a documentary. These movies are for entertainment purposes and not for historical relevancy.

Bottomline is, this movie was fun and enjoyable. It wasn’t anything to go crazy over, but it was hardly a waste of two hours. I would definitely recommend it to others who are looking for just plain old good entertainment.

Synopsis:

While Ben is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth’s diary, one man stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth’s diary. Thomas Gates, Ben’s great-grandfather, is mentioned in the page. It shows that Ben’s great-grandfather could have been a person involved with Abraham Lincoln’s murder.