Ultimately, Book of Secretsis an embarrassingly by-the-numbers rehash of the first National Treasure, lighter on the swirly, emotion-cuing music but still well-trafficked in ridiculous feats and worse dialogue.
Comment
02/29/08
Rate this Movie 
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)
31
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
Reviews Counted:112
Fresh:35
Rotten:77
Average Rating:4.7/10
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
Get This Movie
Reviews for National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets
The first installment was a moronic, overblown scavenger hunt masquerading as a high concept social studies lesson. The sequel is bigger, louder and, implausible as it is to believe, even more preposterous.
02/28/08
Click to read the article
02/12/08
Keeps us entertained with the sheer spectacle of the thing, rather than anything actually interesting.
02/11/08
This movie isn't much different from the original "National Treasure."
02/09/08
Click to read the article
02/07/08
The gimmicks have worn off and the performances have gone stale in this uninspired sequel to a surprisingly fun adventure film.
02/02/08
Less twisty than its 2004 predecessor and yet somehow more incoherent, National Treasure: Book of Secrets plays like a duplicate schematic of the first.
02/01/08
Uma diversão esquecível; algo que você consome, digere e elimina sem conseguir se lembrar posteriormente do que passou por sua garganta.
01/25/08
Just like the original, it's too caught up in its mythological zeal and furious pacing to do much for our "Indiana" jones. A capably filmed diversion that's breathlessly wired for whiplash but instantly forgettable.
01/21/08
Solve the P vs. NP Problem or figure out the plot of Book of Secrets.
01/20/08
It's never a good sign when you can figure out a movie's secret plot before the characters involved.
01/17/08
%u03AC%u03BC%u03C5%u03B1%u03BB%u03B1, %u03C0%u03C1%u03BF%u03C7%u03B5%u03B9%u03C1%u03BF%u03C3%u03C4%u03B7%u03BC%u03AD%u03BD%u03B1 %u03B4%u03B5%u03AF%u03B3%u03BC%u03B1%u03C4%u03B1 %u03B1%u03BA%u03AF%u03BD%u03B4%u03C5%u03BD%u03B7%u03C2 %u03B4%u03C1%u03AC%u03
01/14/08
I'd stop well short of calling it a cinematic treasure, but it's better than the first one, and that's worth at least a few gold doubloons in my book.
01/09/08
Practically a duplicate of the breezy (and bloated) original, National Treasure: Book of Secrets is not without charm, but it lacks the thrill seeker's joy of discovery.
01/06/08
There's some fun...but the budding franchise seems already out of steam.
01/04/08
A national embarrassment.
01/02/08
Given the emphasis on history ... [it] reminded me of a line from the Herman's Hermits tune about that jolly historical figure Henry the Eighth: "Second verse, same as the first."
12/29/07
Now our heroes are off to the Library of Congress, which is as close as most of this audience will ever come to a book that isn't filled with stamps.
12/28/07
A little sillier than the original, and a little stupider, and somehow it still manages to be shockingly enjoyable.
12/27/07
Latest 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.
More...
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.
More...
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
MSN's Year in Review
Take a look at MSN's choices for the Top 10 films of 2009.
Moviefone's Year End Poll
What were your favorites? Least favorites? The funniest and scariest? Moviefone wants to know!
Tarantino's Characters
Hollywood.com explores why QT's characters resonate so well with audiences.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
RSS Feeds