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National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 123
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 82

A talented cast goes to waste in the improbable National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which is eerily similar to the first film.

Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 18

A talented cast goes to waste in the improbable National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which is eerily similar to the first film.

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Movie Info

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. Gates must then locate an elusive diary, not only to clear his family's name, but to unearth and connect several secrets, buried within the book, that point to a massive, global conspiracy. The film

PG, 2 hr. 3 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Jon Turteltaub

Written By: Cormac Wibberly, Marianne Wibberly

In Theaters: Dec 21, 2007 Wide

On DVD: May 18, 2008

Box Office:$219.9M

Buena Vista Pictures

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Cast

Nicolas Cage
Ben Gates
Justin Bartha
Riley Poole
Diane Kruger
Abigail Chase
Jon Voight
Patrick Henry Gates
Helen Mirren
Emily Appleton
Ed Harris
Mitch Wllkinson
Harvey Keitel
Agent Sadusky
Bruce Greenwood
The President
Ty Burrell
Connor
Michael Maize
Daniel
Timothy V. Murphy
Seth
Alicia Coppola
FBI Agent Spellman
Armando Riesco
FBI Agent Hendricks
Albert Hall
Dr. Nichols
Joel Gretsch
Thomas Gates
Christian Camargo
John Wilkes Booth
Billy Unger
Charles Gates
Michael Manuel Torres
Agent Craig
Brad Rowe
Agent Hopper
Zachary Gordon
Lincoln Conspiracy Kid
Peter Woodward
Palace Guard Haggis
Oliver Muirhead
Control Room Guard
Larry Cedar
Control Room Guard
Troy Winbush
Agent Hammer
Billy Devlin
Agent Sledge
William R. Johnson
Agent Stander
Richard Cutting
Agent Tyme
Alicia Leigh Willis
Lady Customer
Evan Rachel Wood
Girl Customer
Lisa Sheldon Miller
Jacqueline
Natalie Dreyfuss
Angry College Girl
Michael Stone Forrest
Press Secretary
David Copeland Goodman
Deputy Press Secretary
Susan Lynskey
Asst. Press Secretary
Patrizia Dizebba
Press Secretary's Secre...
Grant Thompson
Boat Patrolman
Frank Herzog
Frank
Maryellen Aviano
Senator's Wife
Jon Abel
Senator
Eric W. Carlson
Air Force General
Randy Travis
Celebrity Music Star
Mary Firestone
FBI Agent Doer
Robert Koch
FBI Agent Stayres
Emerson Brooks
FBI Agent Steppes
Tim Talman
FBI Agent Cade
Stephen Hibbert
Tourist On Toilet
Jonathan Emmett
Palace Guard Soldier
Emily Joyce
Palace Guide
Glenn Beck
Abraham Lincoln
Judy Renihan
Mary Todd Lincoln
Susan Beresford
Mrs. Mountchessington
Demitri Goritsas
Asa Trenchard
Charity Reindorp
Augusta
C.C. Smiff
Major Rathbone
David Ury
Barkeep
Milsey Peter Miles
Beer Truck Driver
Ben Homewood
Taxi Passenger
Michael McCafferty
Snooty Historian
Russ Widdall
Treasure Fanatic
Hans George Struhar
Range River Owner
Poetri
Mover
John Travis
Helicopter Pilot Mike

Critic Reviews for National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets

All Critics (133) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (85) | DVD (24)

This just might be the silliest movie ever to feature three Academy Award winners.

December 26, 2007 Comment

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

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.

December 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

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.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

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.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

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.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Peter Hartlaub

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Is it possible to enjoy Book of Secrets? Obviously, although its lunacy requires a level of suspension of disbelief that some will be incapable of attaining.

December 21, 2007 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

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.

April 20, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

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

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly

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Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

The derivative National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a smooth, lightweight action film for undemanding audiences.

July 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Screen International

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

Action-packed treasure hunt offers few surprises.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

A slight improvement over its agreeable forebearer...

June 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

It's like doing a puzzle a second time. It's familiar, it's redundant and it's rarely exciting.

June 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Views

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Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views Source: Movie Views

If you can set aside the movie's countless flaws and just go to watch a stupid mindless movie, then you are good to go with this film.

June 1, 2008 Full Review Source: WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)

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Kevin McCarthy

WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)

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A fun ride with lots of the same fun from the first movie. While lots of what happens in these movies stretches the imagination the cast does a very good job of pulling it all together.

May 4, 2008

John Manard

Super Reviewer

I'll be honest I can't remember the first very much but I did quite like this. The cast is very good for just a silly film, Jon Voight, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel and Cage...impressive. The film is really a kind of filler for the absence of 'Indy 4' or any Indy films really, and lets be honest its nowhere near as good

January 3, 2008

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

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