National Treasure 2

Reviewer: Alyice Edrich

Movie

Starring

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, and more.

Plot

A treasure hunter’s family legacy is threatened when someone comes out of the woodworks claiming that an ancestor of the treasure hunter was actually a traitor who helped with the assignation of the president of the United States—Abraham Lincoln. Now it’s up to the treasure hunter to save his family’s reputation by uncovering the truth.

The Review

For generations Benjamin Franklin Gates’ family had been trying to prove that their ancestors before them were not crazy lunatics with a conspiracy theory. After many years of ridicule, Benjamin proves that the ancient treasure of the Knights of Templar truly does exist and that his family’s theory was factual, thus clearing his family’s name and restoring honor to the Gates’ name.

But now an outsider has come to destroy that honor once more. With half a document dating back to the time Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States, this outsider sets claim that Thomas Gates was not the war hero everyone thought him to be but a participant in the plot to murder President Abraham Lincoln.

Unwilling to accept this blatant lie, Benjamin sets out to find the truth—a truth that leads him to do some crazy things, like kidnapping the current president of the United States! Following the clues as they unfold, Benjamin travels around the globe to find the City of Gold and prove his ancestor’s innocence only to end up back in the United States and the Black Hills of South Dakota of all places.

Just like its predecessor before, National Treasure 2, is an adrenal rush waiting to happen. It’s a fantastic film filled with adventure, a little humor, and lots of brain twisters as you try to unravel the clues and solve the mystery.

There is just one drawback: the complicated mysteries were glossed over and revealed by Benjamin Gates far too fast. I’m positive it was done to speed up the film but it would have been neat to watch Benjamin and his team tackle some of those brain teasers instead of spending quite so much time on the action adventure part of the film.

Other than that one little drawback, I have to tell you that I really enjoyed both National Treasure 1 and National Treasure 2. It’s great to finally see family films that are truly meant for the whole family. There weren’t any crude or sexual jokes which I always find distasteful in a family film—who wants their kids to have to ask, “What did they mean by that mommy?”

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