The American mystery adventure sees Ben Gates and his team must weave their way to the final clue in a mysterious search to find the Lost City of Gold.
This sequel is what you would expect: If you liked the original, you'll probably enjoy this retread. But be warned: It bogs down in a drawn-out scene near the end.
Movie Views
June 09, 2008
It's like doing a puzzle a second time. It's familiar, it's redundant and it's rarely exciting.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a pretty typical blockbuster sequel, focused intently on appeasing what it thinks the audience wants, and missing out on what it takes to make a truly good movie.
Leave it to coproducer Jerry Bruckheimer to revive the Indiana Jones cycle without the period setting, the camp elements, or Spielberg's efficiency; director Jon Turteltaub just plods along.
This American history-themed action thriller doesn't get many points for realism, but it makes up ground in so many other areas that you probably won't care.
The derivative National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a smooth, lightweight action film for undemanding audiences.
Toronto Star
December 21, 2007
As much as you want to applaud the movie's winking commitment to its own Looney Tunes logic, it's frustrating when lazy and illogical plot devices are used like cattle prods.
National Treasure: the Book of Secrets is an absurd adventure, but its absurdity is wacky and warmhearted. You have to suspend your disbelief, but so what? National Treasure: the Book of Secrets delivers on what it sets out to be: lively and