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National Treasure 2 script review

I’m not going to be ashamed to admit that I kinda liked National Treasure. Whether it was because I into reading The Da Vinci Code or because I had recently purchased the Indiana Jones box set at the time, I can’t exactly say, but I do know I was extremely motivated for watching movies about ancient secrets and historical mysteries.

In truth, it was a load of crap with boring characters and a hoaky plot but it was a mildly well made load of crap…. and I consumed every minute of it!!!

Latino Review have got their hands on a script review for the movie’s sequel, titled National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets which is set to star Nicolas Cage reprising his role as Benjamin Franklin Gates.

Remember Cage recently had his best ever opening with Ghost Rider, which previously beat out the first National Treasure, so if the sequel goes well… then despite audience hate right now…. he is an extremely profitable actor.

Some tidbits from the review (some spoilers below)…

In the first film, Ben Gates and his crew went looking for The Treasure of Knight’s Templar. In this one, Gates and crew are looking for…

…THE LOST CITY OF GOLD.

What is the Book of Secrets referred to in the title? Well, it ain’t the missing pages of Booth’s diary. Booth’s missing pages are the first clue they find that leads to other clues. In the first film, The Declaration of Independence held a clue, in the sequel, THE BOOK OF SECRETS is the super secret book only seen by THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The Book of Secrets holds a clue to the whereabouts of The Lost City of Gold.

Their verdict on the script, a solid B grade….

So is the script any good? Yes it is. I enjoyed the read and it is just as good as the first.

The review says that all the main players are back from the first movie with Harvey Keitel’s, Diane Kruger’s, Jon Voight’s and Justin Bratha’s characters all featured in the script… with only Sean Bean’s (the villain from the first flick) not in the movie.

That’s pretty much all I could post from the review without going into heavy spoiler territory. Interesting that the movie isn’t really about Lincoln’s assassination, which I thought would actually be quite fun but you just know the movie would boil down to a final act that consisted of the hunting down of a secret society that killed the former president that still exists today or an ancestor of the murderer that is intent on killing the current president.

I think it’s pretty obvious on this one that the bottom line is… whatever you thought of the first movie will probably dictate whether you have any desire to see this.

source - latino review

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7 Comments »

This sounds interesting and actually makes me want to watch the first movie for the first time. How is it that Nicolas Cage seems to be cornering the market on movies that have been wildly critically panned yet still draw audiences by the bucketload?

Comment by Burbanked | February 22, 2007
Hmmmm… I thought the first one was enjoyable trash … I think it might have been better to leave it alone after that.

Comment by Ray | February 23, 2007
In the case of Ghost Rider, it’s clearly because of how well the comic book movie has been treated over the last couple of years and the fact that the box office is full of crap at the minute anyway.

Comment by Matt Holmes | February 23, 2007
My family really enjoyed National Treasure, although their was a lot of political licence used in the plot we were able to base this years vacation around the sights and story as put forward in the movie. We visited New York, Phildadelphia, Washington and Boston, as well as visiting Williamsburg were we experience the declaration of independence in a theatrical arena. Through this film my son has found a real interest in american history which only added to the enjoyment of the whole trip.

Comment by Donna Parrett | November 21, 2007
I enjoyed the movie. It took a while for the ‘penny to drop’ per se …
Well done to the guys who wrote this in a way to make light of a story that is not a story. Very, very clever. And Helen Mirren, who just scooped an Oscar as ‘The Queen’ was another stunning touch of irony as the only person who could unravel the clues to a National Treasure, hidden behind the founding fathers. Not El Dorado - but Federal Reserve for sure. Impressive. Wonder how long it will take for this to burst onto the news - that this is based on a fact. I had no idea, until I saw the movie, how ingenius the writing is. If I had KNOWN, I could have done it first. Fret ye not, writers, your amazing talent and cleverness has been noted by at least one. It wont take long for the others to wake up, Im sure. KUDOS! Unless of course… its a theory… lol

Comment by Jana Wain | March 12, 2008
One of the worst movies I ever saw.
#1 was entertaining… the sequel was just childish.

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Comment by Ilan | July 14, 2008
Childish? I don’t think so. I love the way the script of both movies takes facts about real history and twists it into a semi-believable action tale. The Indiana Jones movies do the same thing, just differently. The fist movie was the better one, but I was NOT disappointed by the second. I especially like the ending of the second one - something heartwarming about the nobility of it.

Comment by Colorado Tim | November 9, 2008