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Business Stationary Mart - National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Widescreen)
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List Price: $29.99
Our Price: $9.92
Your Save: $ 20.07 ( 67% )
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Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Diane Krueger, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren
Directed By: Jon Turtletaub
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936735390
Format: Anamorphic
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-05-20
Running Time: 124
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-12-21
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: As Good as the original
Comment: Again I was on the edge of my seat and caught up in the search just as I was with "Natural Treasure." If you liked that one you'll love this one.
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Summary: Great movie, a must see!
Comment: National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Widescreen)was a great movie to see! This sequel was just as good as the first story of National Treasure. The movie came very quickly and it was in excellent condition. We can highly recommend purchasing this movie.
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Summary: Umm ...Does Anyone Know How Finding The Treasure Would Clear The Gates Family Name?
Comment: I admit that watching the first NATIONAL TREASURE movie was a guilty pleasure, but here ends my enjoyment of anything National or Treasure. Sequels are tough to pull off (can anyone say "Indiana Jones 4?") and one has to wonder why Hollywood continues to pump them out even when the script fails on almost every level ...and such was the case with National Treasure 2.
If anyone can tell me how finding this new treasure helped solve the Gates family's problem related to their relatives' association with the Lincoln assassination, please let me know. Because that was what this film was all about, right? I mean, we start off with Thomas Gates (Joel Gretsch, The Legend of Bagger Vance) being approached by the men who set up President Lincoln's assassination, who in turn kill Thomas for refusing to give up the secrets to an ancient language in a document they have. We then move on to the current day where this document comes to the attention of the Gates family by the sinister Mitch Wilkinson (Ed Harris) who presents his evidence that Thomas Gates was the mastermind behind Lincoln's death. So Ben Gates (Nicholas Cage, Ghost Rider), his father Patrick (Jon Voight, Transformers), Ben's estranged wife Abigail (Diane Kruger) and Ben's trusty friend and sidekick Riley (Justin Bartha, Failure to Launch) head out to clear the family name by finding the lost treasure of pre-America. But how, exactly, this will clean-up their family name isn't clear ...or even explained. A pretty big hole in the story's central plot.
This plot hole combined with everything we've already seen in the previous NATIONAL TREASURE film makes this second installment tedious and full of non-surprises.
The only positive spin the film can claim is Justin Bartha's Riley character who infuses almost all of the comedy by having a monopoly on the best lines ("Ben, if it were you trying to convince me, you'd have less evidence and I'd already believe you by now.").
But that's it. Even the dastardly character Mitch Wilkinson (Harris) doesn't stay dastardly; only moments before he turns "good" he was holding a knife to Ben's mother's neck (Helen Mirren, The Queen), making his character completely unbelievable now. Gah!
National Treasure 2 is a true disaster, with such poor characterization and plotting that it makes the entire film feel like it's laced with fool's gold with nary a piece of treasure in sight.
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Summary: Truly a National Treasure
Comment: Is it as good as the original? No, but what sequel really is. Is it worthy of ownership. ABSOLUTELY! This movie has some good puzzles and action, and is quite good. It is just different enough from the original to be interesting. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Good, but not as good as the first.
Comment: Well, this movie was suspenseful and mysterious like the first one. It game the viewer a good historical listen. But it still wasn't quite as historical, mysterious and suspenseful as the first National Treasure. But over all I think it was a successful sequel, more successful then most sequels to films. + about the only 2 sequels I can think of off the top of my head that were better then the first are "Lepricahn in the Hood", "American Pie 2", and "Rush Hour 2".
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Editorial Reviews:
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Join Nicolas Cage on a heart-pounding adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat in a race to find the Lost City of Gold. Grounded in history imbued with myth and mystery Disney's NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS takes you on a globe-trotting quest full of adrenaline-pumping twists and turns -- all leading to the final clue in a mysterious and highly guarded book containing centuries of secrets. But there's only one way to find it -- Ben Gates must kidnap the President. Packed with fast-paced action and crackling humor NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS is a movie your entire family will want to rediscover again and again.System Requirements:Running Time: 124 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: PG UPC: 786936735390 Manufacturer No: 05439300
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