Dec 28 2007
Review: National Treasure 2
I can’t remember a movie that our family has more eagerly anticipated than National Treasure: Book of Secrets, or one that was more of a let-down. The movie was mildly entertaining, but all the best scenes were included in the trailer, so if you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the movie. There’s a treasure, a secret book, John Wilkes Booth, bad guys who want the treasure, yadda yadda yadda.
Nicolas Cage is a fine actor, as is Jon Voight, but neither is given much to work with. Voight’s greatest accomplishment is that he learns to say, “Yes, dear” to his estranged wife, Dame Helen Mirren.
It wasn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen - I’ll reserve that honor for Millenium and Event Horizon.
I give it a rating of 1 out of several stars. Catch it on DVD, but don’t pay full price.
