Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
EAN: 0786936770902
Format: Dolby
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-05-20
Running Time: 256
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-12-21

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: A overall GREAT movie
Comment: The nation loved the first National Treasure, and adored this one. In my opinions, this one is 3 times better than the first. If you are looking for a all around great action and thriller movie, than this movie is for you.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Excellent Excellent Excellent
Comment: Just like the first one this movie was great, Cage puts on another awesome performance a long with the rest of the cast, this had me interested from start to finish. Honestly I have only one word to describe this entire series....EXCELLENT!!!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Not So Treasured...
Comment: A couple years ago, National Treasure had me with the conspiracy theories, clues that lead to more clues, creepy and very brittle underground architecture, and lots of treasure...

The best way to describe the sequel is like this:

National Treasure=National Treasure 2

"Book of Secrets" features more conspiracies, more clues that lead to more clues, and even more brittle sub-ground architecture... taking care not to stray too much from the first "Treasure." Not to say none of it is original, as there are plenty of surprises and funny jokes yet unused. However, the movie doesn't take any steps forward from it's predescessor. In fact, since we left Ben, Abigail and Riley, they all seem to have taken several steps backward.

"Secrets" is pretty much the first movie told a bit differently, with a couple different characters. Yet as you watch, you may feel that it seems vaguely familiar, like you saw it last time you popped "Treasure 1" into your DVD player.

If you liked the first NT, you will probably find Book of Secrets entertaining, maybe even memorable...for me, however, I would have liked to see them vary a little more from that old formula that made the first movie what it was.

2xNational Treasure doesn't neccasarily = twice as good...

Customer Rating:

Summary: I am waiting
Comment: I preordered it, I saw it in the movies and thought it was pretty good. I also watched Full Circleand loved it! Lots of cool movies coming out! I guess with the strike and all.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Awesome!!!!
Comment: I disagree with Amazon on this one. I thought this movie was just as engrossing as the first one and just as imformative!!!! I loved the location shoots in Paris & Mt. Rushmore. If you liked the first one you will love this one!!

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review for National Treasure
Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can add "caper comedy" to this Jerry Bruckheimer production's multi-genre appeal. Nobody will ever accuse director Jon Turtletaub of artistic ambition, but you've got to admit he serves up an enjoyable dose of PG-rated entertainment, full of musty clues, skeletons, deep tunnels, and harmless adventure in the old-school tradition. It's a load of hokum, but it's fun hokum, and that makes all the difference. --Jeff Shannon

Amazon.com Review for National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Less engrossing than its 2004 predecessor National Treasure, Jon Turteltaub's busy sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets is nevertheless a colorful and witty adventure, another race against overwhelming odds for the answer to a historical riddle. Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage), the treasure hunter who feverishly sought, in the first film, the whereabouts of a war chest hidden by America's forefathers, is now charged with protecting family honor. When a rival (Ed Harris) offers alleged proof that Gates' ancestor, Thomas Gates, was not a Civil War-era hero but a participant in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Ben and his father (Jon Voight) and crew (Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger) hopscotch through Paris, London, Washington DC, and South Dakota to gather evidence refuting the claim. The film is most fun when the hunt, as in National Treasure, squeezes Ben into such impossible situations as examining twin desks in the queen's chambers in Buckingham Palace and the White House's Oval Office, or kidnapping an American president (Bruce Greenwood) for a few minutes of frank talk. Helen Mirren, the previous year's Oscar winner for Best Actress, wisely joins the cast of a likely hit film as Ben's archaeologist mother, long-estranged from Voight's character but as feisty as the rest of the family. Returning director Turteltaub takes excellent advantage of his colorful backdrops in European capitals and the always-eerie Mount Rushmore, and oversees some wildly imaginative sets for this dramedy's feverish third act in an audacious and completely unexpected, legendary setting. If National Treasure: Book of Secrets doesn't feel quite as crisp and unique as its predecessor, it is still ingenious and wry enough to laugh a bit at itself. --Tom Keogh

Stills from National Treasure: Book of Secrets (click for larger image)