Repeating the recipe of the first movie: entertainment, crazy conspiracy theories and historical untruths.

Rating: 4/10 (28 February 2017)

This movie is the sequel of "National Treasure" and is just another movie about insane conspiracy theories based on false historical premises. This time, everything revolves around Cibola, a variation of the South American myth of El Dorado. Out of curiosity, there is no pre-Columbian ruin in North America with some minimal similarity to the one showed in the film, at least as far as I know. What it portrays is clearly influenced by ruins lefted by the Mayans, Aztecs or Incas, who lived in more southern latitudes. That, and the crazy theory around the Resolute desks, is enough to make the plot absolutely indigestible for anyone with a minimum of historical knowledge. The cast includes many actors from the first film, with Nicholas Cage and Diane Kruger leading the way and keeping the flaws and virtues shown earlier, like the lack of depth and personality of their characters and some very enjoyable comical vein. Ed Harris was effective in the role of villain and managed to counteract the lack of depth of the other characters. The film still has good visual and special effects, although scenarios are sometimes a bit disappointing or unrealistic.