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| National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Widescreen) | 
 enlarge | Director: Jon Turtletaub
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Diane Krueger, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  293 reviews
Sales Rank: 111
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 124
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD54393D
UPC: 786936735390
EAN: 0786936735390
ASIN: B0013BM63O
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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 "SECRET" IS A SILLY SEQUEL December 22, 2007
10 out of 42 found this review helpful
It starts with a retro-looking Goofy cartoon that seems hand-drawn but probably is not. It's mildly funny.
And then there's the movie "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." It is devoid of intelligence and wit and waaaaaaaay too long. But it was fun to examine Nicolas Cage's hair and guess what shots required DHP (digital hair plugs).
It is amazing how movies like this get made. Oh wait, I know. The original was a surprise hit and made money. But it had a kernel of an idea and a plot that almost worked. The sequel looks like a clone of the original. But though the story regarding events of Lincoln's assassination starts out kind of interesting, the plot quickly evaporates in thin air. Poof. Next thing we know Nic Cage is on a mission to restore his family's honor. Sequences unfold devoid of any significance or tension. Just filler to kill time so it seems.
The best thing in the movie is near the end. There's a two second close-up of a beautiful, freckle-faced young woman that's attracted to the Riley character. Whoever owns that face will be a star.
If your are just looking for a place to get out of the rain or snow, then maybe two hours in a warm theater for about $9 is fair. But if you're looking for entertainment, it's robbery.
 Queen Helen gets caged, let's hope just this once January 4, 2008
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
Once upon a time, a man called Cage was a substantial actor. Then he lost interest and started making movies like this one.
Now Helen Mirren gets tricked somehow into the same level. Must be infective. But there is hope she did it just for fun and just once. Here she is Cage's Mum (does she deserve that?), she is announced as a ferocious hag and turns into the mildest of shrews.
Ed Harris tries his version of the bad guy, but apparently he did not want to be entirely bad in the Christmas season, so he is hesitant about it.
Have you ever seen a more non-sensical 'action' scene than the bus race in London? Or a sillier crime than the kidnapping of this President? Or an odder geographical stretch than an Eldorado in Mount Rushmore which was previously reported by a captive in Florida? (Maybe the Indian tribes at that time had their version of the United States, or at least a Free Trade Zone?)
I was able to enjoy, within limits, number 1. But there are limits, after all. No number 3 for me, unless I get kidnapped.
a very good sequel May 27, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Nicholas Cage returns as Ben Gates in this excellent sequel. Like the first movie this one involves the search for treasure. This time its also to clear his family name as his great grandfather is named as one of the Lincoln assasination conspirators. THe action takes you all over the world in search for the lost city of gold that will clear his granfathers name. But ed harris is on his tale wanting the city for his own selfish needs . Ed HArris plays a great villan in the movie. Like the first movie you follow along with each clue and new turn. A good sequel that im sure will lead to a third
 A Treasure for the Whole Family December 28, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Book of Secrets closely follows the successful pattern of the first movie--adventurous, semi-historic treasure hunting. While some have criticized the movie from not being drastically different than the first offering, I did not view this as a problem. I'm not sure what the viewers with this particular criticism were expecting; I mean the movie is a sequel with the same characters, etc. In my mind you can't veer too far from the original premise or you won't have a logical sequel.
National Treasure 2 was a logical and worthy sequel to the first movie. All of the main characters and respective actors/actresses you'd expect to see made an appearance along with a few new additions. The film brings plenty of new puzzles, historic sites (including a few outside of the United States this time around), and perilous adventure.
How does the movie stack up to the original? If you enjoyed the first National Treasure then you'll like Book of Secrets. It is not as good as the first movie but it's awfully close. The only reason I say it is not as good as the first is because I had an idea of what to expect from the movie going in whereas with the first film everything (i.e., semi-historically based treasure hunting, characters, etc.) was completely new to me.
Additionally, the movie manages to offer all of these things in a very family friendly manner. I do not recall any offensive language or overly explicit sexuality. The violence is kept to a minim with no blood or gore. However, as with most adventure movies there was some suspense and action violence though nothing of great concern. This movie really is a treasure for the entire family.
 Touchstone-Honed January 20, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Despite the fact that this 2007 sequel to the popular "National Treasure" boasts a fine cast of actors (Nicholas Cage, Jon Voight, personal favorite Ed Harris and the incomparable Helen Mirren,) "Book of Secrets" catapults into a fast but formulaic action with a little less than the high voltage adrenaline the initial film offered, repositioning famed treasure-hunter/historian Ben Franklin Gates (Cage) to face yet another widely publicized dis --- this time linking his equally cipher-solving obscure masters-of-trivia ancestors to the Lincoln assassination. Unfortunately, the direction in which "Book" heads detours a bit from the mixture of DaVinci Code cleverness and conspiracy theory weaving through a politically fueled labyrinth of arcane societies that I expected.
Instead, Cage and Co. move at warp speed through each step of this adventure quest seeking the famed Cibola---City of Gold, gathering clues in a variety of eye-pleasing locations while connecting the dots with an ease that will make one's head spin and put the fastest number-crunching supercomputer to shame. The rather predictable climax, relying heavily on Speilberg's Indiana Jones success formula, replete with bickering, bantering adjuncts and couples and `look-what-you've-gotten-me-into-now' repartee wows the audience with the same unreal sensation achieved at the end of a Disneyland ride--think Pirates of the Caribbean when your amusement park shuttle boat lies in the shadow of the facsimile pirate ship and the whole audio-animatronic crew sings "(Yo Ho)A Pirate's Life for Me," while the gunpowder explodes and the backdrop shudders. In fact, this very feeling suggests what went wrong in this could-have-been fun more-adult film: an over reliance on Disney-fication--too much pyrotechnics over Sleeping Beauty castle: nuanced players under-utilized to depict banality, trite, yet s(n)appy dialogue that feigns intelligence, old tried-but-true attempts at humor that probably work well for the audience it attempted to capture--PG family far--and an underscoring of historical gravitas as depicted by Cage's deadpan expression and Bruce Greenwood's presidential suavity and emphasized by a soaring patriotic soundtrack.
Bottom line? "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" delivers exactly what the marquee suggests: pleasant albeit familiar family fare with a slick Disney polishing that seems to jump about more like a video game than a film. Recommended as a fun enjoyment for families but not for the more serious minded conspiracy theory aficionado.
Diana Faillace Von Behren
"reneofc"
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