National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (DVD)

~ Book Of Secrets ~ Last night after lighting the fire to keep warm form all this snow, I had National Treasure 2 through from love film and decided to take a watch. I didn't bother seeing this when it first came out as it didn't really look particularly great. Having seeing the first and thinking it was ok I thought I might as well. I was really glad I had chosen to wait until this had come out on DVD as it didn't look worth paying a stupid price to go to the cinema. ~ INFO ~ Director- Jon Turteltaub Jon who also directed the first film is not very well known and has directed mainly television programmes. Some of his other ...  Read the complete review

There are three types of sequel in the world, it seems to me: those rare few that improve upon the original; those that are pretty much just the original all over; and the sad majority that take a successful movie and try to make it BIGGER! BETTER! FASTER!... and largely just serve to magnify all the flaws of the first outing. National Treasure: Book of Secrets manages to fall wholeheartedly into the final category. Dang! If you've seen the original NT movie then you know completely what to expect here: history buff Ben Gates (did he have a real job before becoming a treasure hunter? I can't recall!) stumbles across some fantastical secret, and is soon jetting ...  Read the complete review

* * * * * * * * * * Warning * * * * * * * * * This is a Disney film. The dialogue may offend * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now, there is no way you can criticize a kid's film just for the dialogue. This, like the first film in the franchise, is meant to be as clunky as Robocop's underpants because it's a Disney film. That's what they do. Disney films are for kids and so that's why every scene must be unfortunately spelt out to too all, including mum and dad. For instance: if it's really obvious that Nick Cages, Ben Gates character needs to turn the statue head to release the secret door to the likewise passageway then Cages ...  Read the complete review

These days, I approach Nicolas Cage films with a certain dread. Recently, I've watched so many films with him in the starring role that they've either been very mediocre or truly terrible, and I still haven't seen his remake of "The Wicker Man". Heaven forbid that I ever do. In fact I can probably put his career down to two movies that have actually been any good: his role opposite Sean Connery in the action-packed "The Rock", and under the direction of the Coen Brothers in "Raising Arizona". These are both now way over ten years old. Of his recent efforts, there were the boring ...  Read the complete review

After loving the first National treasure I was really looking forward to seeing this sequel, unfortunately both me and hubby were both left very disappointed. The film again stars Nicholas Cage who is playing the role of Benjamin Franklin Gates who is still a treasure hunter and following on from the end of the first film he has now split up from his girlfriend and is living with his Dad. He is giving a presentation which involves his talking about the death of president Lincoln when at the end a man stands up and has proof that Benjamin's great great Grandfather was in fact involved in the assassination plot and not one of the men who tried to save him. ...  Read the complete review