Two nights ago I was able to catch a showing of National Treasure - Book of Secrets. Let me preface this by saying I was a HUGE fan of the original movie. Nicholas Cage really played into the roll well and it was almost like a modern day Indiana Jones!
The second chapter of this story starts off with Gates and his girlfriend split up, and Riley losing his Ferrari. This added a sense of realism to the mix, because though #1 had a happy ending, it showed that life goes on and not everything is perfect.
Gates and his father are well respected, and while honoring their Gates’ great grandfather for trying to foil Lincoln’s assassination, another scholar provides evidence showing Gates was a co-conspirator.
The story continues on with Gates and crew trying to prove his great grandfathers innocence. How would he do that? Well, by finding the treasure. Obviously.
The cheese factor in this sequel is kicked up a notch just like in a Rachel Ray dish. Let’s just say Gates accomplishes and gets away with ridiculous things in this movie (ie: Breaking into the oval office and the queens chambers at buckingham).
Overall, i’d have to give this movie 3.5 stars due to the unbelievable antics of Gates and the cheeeeese factor.
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