National Treasure: Book of Secrets

He was a working actor who alternated between occasionally lousy studio movies and often artistically superior low profile entertainments.....Super serious films with super glum Nic Cage performances would alternate with the quirky, goofy vibrating-head Cage or ole.....In the end, Nicolas Cage suffers from a very simple problem.....Nicolas Cage is not the best actor in Hollywood....He doesn't have the worst track record of any major star.... ... Full Review

The latest National Treasure film was even more fun in theaters....I thought the first National Treasure was okay in theaters....In an interview with director Jon Turteltaub, I asked about my favorite scene in which Cage goes bonkers in Buckingham Palace..... ... Full Review

Other than that, the film delivers exactly the same combination of rapidly-solved puzzles, wisecracking dialogue and action-packed set-pieces (right down to a finale in a steadily collapsing set) that made the first film such a success, so if it starts to feel like you've seen it before, it's probably because you have. ... Full Review

Overcoming numerous obstacles (not the least of which being my bias) National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets is an energetic, totally fun romp (stupid fun, that is) that admirably holds its own as an adventure until the tail end of its inflated two hour run-time. ... Full Review

National Treasure was such a success that it's no surprise....The film also suffers from some 2nd film plot elements....It's still somewhat fun but nowhere near the first film.....It's not terrible and does entertain.... ... Full Review

The film also suffers from some 2nd film plot elements.... ... Full Review

they demand only autopilot performances from the legion of respectable (or, at least, once respectable) actors participating.....the London chase scene, which Turteltaub says is a great one.... ... Full Review

they demand only autopilot performances from the legion of respectable (or, at least, once respectable) actors participating.....the London chase scene, which Turteltaub says is a great one.... ... Full Review

And "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets" did even better at the box office. The villain this time is admirably played by Ed Harris, whose character, Mitch Wilkinson, sets things in motion by producing a missing page from John Wilkes Booth that not only challenges the stories that Ben Gates and his professor father Patrick (Jon Voight) have been telling, but links their ancestor to the Lincoln assassination. ... Full Review

the film is delightfully animated and frequently very funny Surveillance cameras are the gimmick in this ambitious, disturbing drama of vignettes both funny and fearful connected by the ever-watchful eye of security monitors. ... Full Review