With Nicholas Cage garnering critical boo-booing in 2007 (read Ghost Rider, The Wicker Man, Next), the sequel to National Treasure must be quite close to his heart.
After the well-received National Treasure(2004), National Treasure: Book of Secrets has Cage, playing the role of Benjamin Gates, cryptologist / treasure hunter of fame again. With his great-great grandfather announced as a joint-conspirator in the assassination of Abrahamm Lincoln, Gates embarks on a bracing adventure to prove his ancestor’s innocence.
He is joined in his efforts by his father, Patrick (Jon Voight – not many know that he is Angelina Jolie’s father), mother, Emily ( played by a wasted Helen Mirren), trusted aide and friend, Riley Poole (played by the goofy but nevertheless utterly delectable Justin Bartha), and estranged girlfriend Abigail (Diane Kruger).
An amazing car chase is just one of the many action-packed scenes in the movie. Gates had to unravel clues that see him travel from Paris, to London, and eventually to America – in his quest of Cibola (the American city of gold). The special effects are remarkable, and that is saying the least.
The movie keeps you on your toes, literally.
Watch it n one of those lazy Sunday afternoons, like I did.
But yeah, if you are expecting a believable, logical, unpredictable flick, you are better off giving it a miss.
I mean, come on, the guy actually kidnaps the American President for God’s sake. On the President’s birthday, no less.
Gives a whole new meaning to the song, Happy Birthday, Mr President, you’d say!
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