If you liked the first, you'll like this one, too.

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2007)

You have some differences, certainly-a buried Olmec/Mayan treasure in Mt Rushmore instead of Roman treasure under NYC, Helen Mirren shows, and Ed Harris instead of Sean Bean as the baddie-but...this is most Def. a sequel. They stayed really close to the outlines of the first, and from what I can see-that was a wise decision.
Acting wise-just remember, Cage is Cage, Ed Harris is stoic and bad, Voight and Mirren a bickering couple of old pros, Keitel is there for the $ and Bruce Greenwood, shines as the prezzie. I liked the techo-whiz Bartha plays too, pretty fun lines all in all for him.
I always enjoy it when they trot out the old conspiracy/legends-here it's El Dorado/the Lincoln assassination/some secret Book that only Prezzies have access too. Pulp level X-files, in other words. They play it straight, which is very important here. These are what Stephen Sommers was doing w/ the Mummy Series, save for he let things get outta hand for the last one. Never a good thing.
Things to enjoy-the waterworks, the see-saw of death, the Antiques Roadshow stuff w/ the prezzie desk, all that. You gotta love how all these old gear/wheels/traps/devices work Just the way they're sposed to first try in ages, but hey-that's all part of this genre. Ignore the goofiness that you find throughout and it's a good ride.
Plus you get a couple bogus car chases, too! who could ask for more? Give it a shot, it's a good time, esp. if you liked the first one or like Bruckheimer stuff in general.
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