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Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage) has some
one-on-one time with the President's desk in National
Treasure: Book of Secrets.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS
As a big fan of the original
National Treasure, I sat down in my seat to
National Treasure: Book of Secrets expecting to see
something just as
implausible and over-the-top as Ben Gates' hunt to track down
the massive
treasure hidden by the founding fathers of the United States.
I wasn't at
all disappointed.
Everything is not all and well in
the treasure hunters' paradise. Ben and
Abigail are split up and Riley owes the government $6 million in
taxes.
And to top it off, a mysterious man named Mitch Wilkinson (Ed
Harris),
armed with a torn-out page from John Wilkes Booth's diary is
claiming
that Ben's grandfather was one of the conspirators in the
assassination
of Abraham Lincoln.
At the same time, this page also
displays a clue into the whereabouts of
the lost City of Gold built by Native Americans. With his
family's name to
defend and another treasure to be found, Benjamin Franklin Gates
(Cage)
reunites with his trusty sidekick, Riley Poole (Justin Bartha),
and his
ex-girlfriend Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger, who at some times
forgets to
disguise her German accent). But Wilkinson is after the
treasure as well,
and tails Ben throughout most of the film.
I will go no deeper into the
story because there is just WAY too much
going on for me to be able to sum up in a few paragraphs, but I
will say
one thing: one part of the quest requires Ben to kidnap
the President
of the United States. Who even knew that was possible?
Let's get one thing straight;
National Treasure: Book of Secrets is not
believable, but it is entertaining. Sometimes I don't go
to the movies
to watch something believable; sometimes I go to see something
entertaining. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
may be farfetched,
but it is fun to watch, and in this case, that is all that
matters.
-- Ryan Harms; December 22nd, 2007 |
