National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Two-Disc Collector's...

Buy This Item National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Two-Disc Collector's... by Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone  Available from Amazon  $22.99  on 11-14-2008     Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) sets out to find the lost 18 pages from the diary of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. One of the 18 missing pages has been discovered by Jeb Wilkinson (Ed Harris). On that page are the names of the Lincoln assassination conspirators. Thomas Gates, Ben Gates' great-great-grandfather, is listed on the page. After discovering this, Ben does not want Thomas Gates to be remembered "as a conspirator in the assassination of the man who brought this nation together." His quest to clear his family's name leads to unexpected twists and turns. Agent Sadusky (Harvey Keitel) tells Ben that a secret book has the information he needs. The president's "book of secrets" holds documents, for presidents' eyes only, of all the nations secrets; from the truth behind the JFK conspiracy, the missing minutes from the Watergate tapes, and Area 51. When Ben's request to see the book is denied, he says he must kidnap the president. Each clue leads him closer "to a discovery that the world isn't ready to believe." Reader Reviews I really enjoyed this movie despite the poorly written villian part played by Ed Harris . First off the southern accent done by the New Jersey born Harris was awful , then when he teams up with Cage and company he tells him he framed his ancestor to get him to help find the lost city -which makes no sense since he tried to kill him in Europe to steal a clue before that . In the first movie there was no doubt that Ian the villian , despite teaming up with the heroes again , was going to off them after finding the treasure . The Wilkinson character is good , then bad , but only because he's trying to clear his family's good name . The writers tried to make him a sympathetic figure near the end , but after kidnapping , blackmail and attempted murder I can't imagine anyone having any sympathy at all for this character . Why can't Hollywood just let a villian be evil for evil's own sake these days ? They do the same thing with the spiderman movies - Goblin/Dr. Octopus/Sandman/Venom aren't really bad , but were driven to evil by 'insert reason here' . Anyway getting by that there was much more good than bad in this sequel , especially the addition of Helen Mirren as the estranged wife of Patrick Gates . As in the first movie Ben Gates was clever to the point of a genius with a photographic memory , Riley was funny , especially amusing was every nutty conspiracy theory in his non-selling book seeming to be true having been bought (apparently the only copy sold) by fair minded FBI agent Sadusky , once again played by Harvey Keitel .The question asked of Ben Gates by the president near the end strongly hinted at a third installment . If there's a villian in that one , hopefully he'll be a straight up baddie motivated by greed and power and not a conflicted , convoluted mess of motivations . Despite that one flaw in this movie , I recommend it and will be going to the theater to see the next installment should there be one .

National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Two-Disc Collector's... Available from Amazon Price: $22.99 Updated on 11-14-2008.

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