A suspension of belief is required, otherwise, this is a fairly enjoyable movie

Rating: 6/10 (25 December 2007)

After really disliking the first National Treasure and not being a huge Nicholas Cage fan I had terribly low expectations for this. It looked like a rehash of the first with a different treasure to hunt. Surprisingly this turned out to be an enjoyable way to spend two hours, that is of course, if you are willing to suspend logic and remember this is a Hollywood movie through and through. With those two bits of knowledge in mind you should be able to enjoy this as I did. The pacing is perfect for a movie like this, it goes nice and fast and never really gets boring. I must admit it some of it seemed believable, which shows that the writers did a good job. And I was able to tolerate Mr. Cage this time, I thought he did a very good job and as usual Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren and Ed Harris were great (although Harris' villain was pretty bland, luckily he can act).
The action was also very well filmed and at times highly excited and well thought out (the balancing rock sequence was exceptionally well done). Having said all this, it certainly isn't anything brilliant and if you like smart, deep movies this is not for you.
3/5