Even better than the first!!

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2008)

The first National Treasure film was an entertaining, fun ride that kept you on your toes and laughing - nothing immensely spectacular, but fully enjoyable and something I wouldn't mind seeing repeatedly. Book of Secrets, however, left it far behind. I watched this with my parents and brother, and every one of us went into that theater with very little hope that this would turn out to be anything close to the first. But we were all blown away by the enhanced comedy and the new characters like Ben's mother (Helen Mirren) and Mitch Wilkinson (Ed Harris). The relationship between Ben's parents was hilarious and realistic despite their unrealistic surroundings. The scene when Ben pretends to be drunk in Buckingham Palace, though, was the absolute BEST!!!! And Riley is there as always with his infamous humor and sarcasm with every move he makes. I give Book of Secrets a 9/10 because the who was going to die at the end was quite predictable - but really, who else was there besides Mitch?