National Treasure: Book of Secrets: Nicolas Cage's unclassified disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (11 January 2008)

It's a Gates' Family party, world-wide trip, and if you are very wise, you will skip this junket. Sequels are supposed to be a bridge between films, not worthless, empty, waste of time, and money, effortless grinders. This second film has more in common with a salt-water game fish, caught on a hook on the end of a line, before it jumps into vision because it flounders, just below the surface. The opening 20 minutes of this film, holds a great deal of excitement and promise but that falls flat, for a movie played for laughs, rather than intrigue and true detective work. This film lead the countries top box office take for two weeks running, only on the fame of National Treasure 1. There is nothing to get excited about, nor is there any anticipation of "the chase!" as there was in the first film. Director Jon Turteltaub may take the blame for this really terrible film, only because he accepted the position as Director. The actors played their parts well enough but to make a great film, one has to have a great script. National Treasure 2 died from a lack of a good screenplay! If there is a National Treasure 3 sequel, hopefully those in Hollywood will put their combined heads together and write a great screenplay before anyone says, "Action!"