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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 154,819 users
Metascore: 48/100
Reviews: 285 user | 188 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Director:Jon Turteltaub |
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Cast
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| Nicolas Cage | ... | ||
| Justin Bartha | ... | ||
| Diane Kruger | ... | ||
| Jon Voight | ... | ||
| Helen Mirren | ... | ||
| Ed Harris | ... | ||
| Harvey Keitel | ... | ||
| Bruce Greenwood | ... | ||
| Ty Burrell | ... |
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| Michael Maize | ... | ||
| Timothy V. Murphy | ... | ||
| Alicia Coppola | ... | ||
| Armando Riesco | ... | ||
| Albert Hall | ... | ||
| Joel Gretsch | ... | ||
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While Ben Gates is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth's diary, a man by the name of Mitch Wilkinson stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's diary. Thomas Gates, Ben's great-grandfather, is mentioned on the page. It shows that Ben's great-grandfather was a co-conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's murder. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail Chase, and Riley Poole to Buckingham Palace (which they break into). They discover a plank that has early Native American writing on it. The plank has only one symbol that Patrick Gates can identify. The symbol is Cibola (see-bowl-uh) meaning the City of Gold. In order to define the rest they have to go to Ben's mother, Patrick's divorced wife. After 32 years it brings back old arguments. After that the other clue is in the President's desk in the Oval Office in the White House (which Ben and Abigail sneak into) to discover that the clue lies in The ... Written by mviedirctr354
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Country:
USARelease Date:
21 December 2007 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
Trésor national: Le livre des secrets See more »Filming Locations:
Gallery Bar and Cognac Room, Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$130,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£2,483,297 (UK) (8 February 2008)Gross:
$219,961,501 (USA) (13 June 2008)Company Credits
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Written by Fred Heatherton (joint pseudonym of Elton Box, Desmond Cox and Irwin Dash)
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When showing the map of the grounds to the President, Ben tells him it belonged to a slave of Washington's named Charlotte. This is the same name as in the clue to the Templar treasure that Charles Carroll gave to Gates' ancestor (and which turned out to be the name of a ship). Presumably Mt. Vernon was one of many dead ends which Ben pursued in his search for Charlotte and the Templar treasure prior to the events of the first movie, which would explain why he knew about the hidden compartment and how it worked, or it might just be a sly reference to the first National Treasure (2004). See more »Goofs
Ben presses the service button after he and Abigail get into the lift, then shuts the doors. In real-life, the lift can only move if the doors are closed when the buttons are pressed. See more »Crazy Credits
The Jerry Bruckheimer logo becomes a real life version of itself as a road some Union soldiers walk along towards 1865 Washington DC. See more »Soundtracks
I've Got a Lovely Bunch of CocoanutsWritten by Fred Heatherton (joint pseudonym of Elton Box, Desmond Cox and Irwin Dash)
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I really liked the first movie with these characters but I got frustrated with this sequel. I was expecting much more intelligent puzzles and breathtaking adventure. Instead this movie is a perfect example of a sugarcoated adventure for family viewing in a lazy Saturday night in DVD in pijamas snacking microwave popcorn.
The plot is weak and far from plausible. There are the iconic characters (the smart hero and his love/hate girlfriend, the funny hero's assistant, the divorced hero's parents, the bad but not so bad guy, the good cop and so on). It's too much cliché for a single movie for allowing it to be a good one.
This definitely isn't a "Top 10" adventure movie. It's OK for viewing with the kids and just it.