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National Treasure / National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets [Blu-ray]

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Primary Contributor: Nicolas Cage
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-20
Studio: Walt Disney Video

DVD Reviews of National Treasure / National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: Excellent! 5 stars!
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie was excellent! I was not disappointed at all. I don't know how others can say it sucked, when it was truly great! Nicolas Cage did a fantastic job. I so can't wait to own this video. I really hope they make a 3rd, and it's just as great!

DVD Review: A lot of fun.
Summary: 5 Stars

While it might not be quite as good as the first movie it is still a lot of fun to watch. It has some real good special effects and as in the first movie is riddled with humor. Some people get so critical with these reviews. I think these are very refreshing considering movies Cage has been in in the past. It is nice to see him do some clean entertainment.
I hope there is a third one. I go to very few movies because most are utter trash these days.

DVD Review: "National Treasure" movie review by Michael Elliano
Summary: 4 Stars

Like Indiana Jones this movie capture the imagination. Nicholas Cage has found his calling in this series and I hope the episodes keep coming. It is what it is in the shape of a good movie and although constantly amazing and far fetched just plain fun. Enjoy.

DVD Review: Buy, Buy, Buy, Buy! Watch, Watch, Watch!
Summary: 5 Stars

Movies just don't get much better than this!

Nicolas Cage is fantastic as the ever as the curious Ben Gates, a man destined to discover it all, learn it all, and enjoy it all. Combine Cage's interesting treasure hunter role with two of the most lovable characters to ever hit the big screen, Riley Poole (played by Justin Bartha) and Abigail Chase (played by Diane Kruger), and you have what can be called THE PERFECT SEQUEL!

From the opening credits to the last scent of the film, this is what people go to the movies. This is a must have DVD, Blue Ray, whatever format must-have for any film fan.

Action, adventure, intrigue, historical fun...you name it, Book of Secrets has it.

Buy this DVD for yourself. Buy it for friends. But most importantly, watch it.

Hollywood has produced a lot of DUDS over the past decade. This is NOT one of them.

Trust me - this film delivers the goods, and delivers them often!

See ya next review!

DVD Review: Enjoyable sequel , weak villian .
Summary: 4 Stars

I really enjoyed this movie despite the poorly written villian part played by Ed Harris . First off the southern accent done by the New Jersey born Harris was awful , then when he teams up with Cage and company he tells him he framed his ancestor to get him to help find the lost city -which makes no sense since he tried to kill him in Europe to steal a clue before that . In the first movie there was no doubt that Ian the villian , despite teaming up with the heroes again , was going to off them after finding the treasure . The Wilkinson character is good , then bad , but only because he's trying to clear his family's good name . The writers tried to make him a sympathetic figure near the end , but after kidnapping , blackmail and attempted murder I can't imagine anyone having any sympathy at all for this character . Why can't Hollywood just let a villian be evil for evil's own sake these days ? They do the same thing with the spiderman movies - Goblin/Dr. Octopus/Sandman/Venom aren't really bad , but were driven to evil by 'insert reason here' .

Anyway getting by that there was much more good than bad in this sequel , especially the addition of Helen Mirren as the estranged wife of Patrick Gates . As in the first movie Ben Gates was clever to the point of a genius with a photographic memory , Riley was funny , especially amusing was every nutty conspiracy theory in his non-selling book seeming to be true having been bought (apparently the only copy sold) by fair minded FBI agent Sadusky , once again played by Harvey Keitel .The question asked of Ben Gates by the president near the end strongly hinted at a third installment . If there's a villian in that one , hopefully he'll be a straight up baddie motivated by greed and power and not a conflicted , convoluted mess of motivations . Despite that one flaw in this movie , I recommend it and will be going to the theater to see the next installment should there be one .

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Amazon.com Review for National Treasure
Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can add "caper comedy" to this Jerry Bruckheimer production's multi-genre appeal. Nobody will ever accuse director Jon Turtletaub of artistic ambition, but you've got to admit he serves up an enjoyable dose of PG-rated entertainment, full of musty clues, skeletons, deep tunnels, and harmless adventure in the old-school tradition. It's a load of hokum, but it's fun hokum, and that makes all the difference. --Jeff Shannon

Amazon.com Review for National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Less engrossing than its 2004 predecessor National Treasure, Jon Turteltaub's busy sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets is nevertheless a colorful and witty adventure, another race against overwhelming odds for the answer to a historical riddle. Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage), the treasure hunter who feverishly sought, in the first film, the whereabouts of a war chest hidden by America's forefathers, is now charged with protecting family honor. When a rival (Ed Harris) offers alleged proof that Gates' ancestor, Thomas Gates, was not a Civil War-era hero but a participant in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Ben and his father (Jon Voight) and crew (Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger) hopscotch through Paris, London, Washington DC, and South Dakota to gather evidence refuting the claim. The film is most fun when the hunt, as in National Treasure, squeezes Ben into such impossible situations as examining twin desks in the queen's chambers in Buckingham Palace and the White House's Oval Office, or kidnapping an American president (Bruce Greenwood) for a few minutes of frank talk. Helen Mirren, the previous year's Oscar winner for Best Actress, wisely joins the cast of a likely hit film as Ben's archaeologist mother, long-estranged from Voight's character but as feisty as the rest of the family. Returning director Turteltaub takes excellent advantage of his colorful backdrops in European capitals and the always-eerie Mount Rushmore, and oversees some wildly imaginative sets for this dramedy's feverish third act in an audacious and completely unexpected, legendary setting. If National Treasure: Book of Secrets doesn't feel quite as crisp and unique as its predecessor, it is still ingenious and wry enough to laugh a bit at itself. --Tom Keogh

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National Treasure / National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets [Blu-ray]