*• Film Review: National Treasure 2 – Book of secrets(2008)
• Director: Jon Turteliaub
• Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
• Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris, Helen Mirren
• Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
• Rating: 4 on 5 Stars*
‘National Treasure 2 – Book of Secrets’
* is a great film. The sequel perhaps is better than the original. Walt Disney gives another successful movie that will enthrall you from the beginning till the very end. It is a thriller and it should be a must watch movie on your list this weekend.
National Treasure 2 by Nicolas Cage will take you to a treasure hunt chase from Washington to Paris to London to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Of course the character creator Jim Kouf, story writer Gregory Poirier and the Director Jon Turteliaub has taken huge liberties in terms of Script / Scenes and Sequence but the sequel is indeed entertaining. The movie is fast paced and you will love the suspense.
Nicolas Cage as famous Dr Ben Gates is suddenly confronted with an ugly historical reality that his great-great grand father was responsible for the assassination of President Lincoln. Naturally, he has to wipe out this unwanted stigma from his family history which is depressing his dad too, another famous archeologist of his time. Well, while trying to set the history right, Nicolas cage ends up kidnapping the current President of United States and also manages to discover the Lost City of Gold. Wow! what a coincidence. I wish treasure hunt was so easy!
But sure, over it is a great movie to watch with your family and friends this weekend, if you are still not seeing Iron Man or Indiana Jones. I am happy to rate National Treasure 2 – the book of secrets 4 on 5 stars.
Cheers!
Manish Jaiswal