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07/16/08
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National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:6
Rotten:17
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: A talented cast goes to waste in the improbable National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which is eerily similar to the first film.
Theatrical Release:Dec 21, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $219,932,519
Synopsis: Treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) embarks on a new adventure in director Jon Turtletaub's sequel to NATIONAL TREASURE. Ben and his father, Patrick (Jon Voight), take great pride in their... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris
Director: Jon Turteltaub
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Reviews for National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets
Top CriticThis just might be the silliest movie ever to feature three Academy Award winners.
12/26/07
Top CriticLeave 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.
12/26/07
Top CriticThis 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.
12/21/07
Top CriticAs 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.
12/21/07
Top CriticThis 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.
12/21/07
Top CriticIs 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.
12/21/07
Top CriticThe hyperactive sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets sends its archaeologist hero on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of Wikipedia surfing.
12/21/07
Top CriticIt's another flick about maps, landmarks and buried treasure that makes The Da Vinci Code look like Tolstoy.
12/21/07
Top CriticAll you can do is sit and watch, and wish there was more wonder.
12/21/07
Top CriticThe film is baffling -- the scheme that links the conspirators throughout three centuries would flummox the Illuminati -- but as a sort of vacation scrapbook of the lovely places where the cast spent last summer, it's pleasant enough.
12/21/07
Top CriticTepid and predictable though the action largely is, Bartha provides intermittent comic relief and Mirren is her usual droll self.
12/21/07
Top CriticThis National Treasure sequel, like its 2004 original, is a dumb movie about smart people that uses just enough historical trivia to make you feel like you're bettered by the experience.
12/21/07
Top CriticAs long as it's galloping along, the movie's perfectly good popcorn -- in itself a rarity these days -- but eventually you get down to the burnt kernels at the bottom of the bag.
12/21/07
Top CriticAs with the first movie, Book of Secrets leaps around like a choppy travel documentary.
12/21/07
Top CriticThis diminishing-returns sequel sends Nicolas Cage on another quest to strike it rich, get young auds excited about history and solve puzzles that are generally less stimulating than yesterday's Sudoku.
12/21/07
Top CriticA thumping, gabby slog.
12/21/07
Top CriticEverything has been significantly amped up -- bigger, louder, further removed from reality -- but it also feels that much more forced. Cage and Kruger seem like they're not having much fun this time around, and Bartha still gets the best throwaway lines.
12/21/07
Top CriticIt's virtually the same movie with new locations. Oh, plus Helen Mirren. Not a bad addition, but the popcorn fun is gone.
12/20/07
Top CriticAll you want from a movie like this, really, is a little brainless fun, and it keeps holding out on you.
12/20/07
Top CriticLatest News for National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets
September 25, 2008:
Nic Cage Officially Hunting for More National Treasure 
To no one's surprise, Disney is officially moving forward with "National Treasure 3," as announced yesterday by Nicolas Cage, Jerry Bruckheimer, and studio executive Dick Cook. More...
August 15, 2008:
OtherCool.com: Too bad such a stellar combo cast had to get dumbed down for such inconsequential pandemonium.
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May 19, 2008:
RT on DVD: National Treasure 2, Diary of the Dead, Plus Salo News!
Exciting announcements abound this week (Fearless Director's Cut! A new Little Mermaid movie! Gossip Girl on DVD!) while Nicolas Cage's treasure-hunting adventure sequel,... More...
May 17, 2008:
Nicolas Cage back for another round as world-renown treasure hunter.
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