Pretty good sequel

Rating: 8/10 (25 December 2007)

As sequels go, this one was better than most. The action was as good as the original, and Ed Harris is a really good bad guy. The scenery from around the world and the country was incredible.
It's full of good one-liners, and once again Riley gets some of the best.
The premise of the movie is pretty good, the idea that Ben Gates would take up the hunt to clear his great-great-grandfather's name as a conspirator (maybe even the mastermind) of President Lincoln's assassination.
But I can't give this movie a 9 or 10, simply because that's the one loose end they don't tie up. Neither my wife nor I have any idea what it was about finding the city of gold that prompted the headline that clears Thomas Gates.
If there is a third (and I'm guessing that whatever it is on page 47 will lead us down that road), I hope the writers and director(s) fill in all the gaps.