As good as the original

Rating: 7/10 (8 January 2008)

In action movie series its rare that the sequel is as good or better than the original but this is just as good as National Treasure.
Again we have lots of puzzles, hidden maps and travelling this time all over the world to find The Lost City Of Gold just to clear the name of Ben's great great grandfather who has been accused of being the mastermind behind the assassination of President Lincoln.
Ideas that places like The Oval Office in The White House and The Queen's Private Chambers in Buckingham Palace would be so easy to gain access to are totally laughable and unrealistic, likewise the shelves of The Library Of Congress.
Some suspension of belief is required there, well a huge amount actually. Once again Ben is being pursued by bad people (Ed Harris playing a mercenary very badly). The locations are excellent, the action is slightly over the top. Casting Helen Mirren as Ben's mum is a stroke of genius, her scenes with John Voight are all totally brilliant and improve the film a great deal.
It's quite funny seeing John Voight playing a former treasure hunter here especially as that was his role in Tomb Raider as Lara Croft's father.
The film is very watchable and I'm sure there are lots of little things you will spot if you watch it more than once so it can definitely stand up to multiple viewings. Hopefully the next one in the series will be just as good, I guess it just depends what was on Page 47?
Highly recommended.