National Treasure Book of Secrets - #042

In Hollywood you’d better believe if you make $350 million on a vaguely original idea you’re getting a sequel, so it’s no shock that Disney brought back the team from 2004’s National Treasure in 2007 for another history inspired treasure hunting adventure. Unfortunately, as is often the case with sequels, the follow up basically copy and pasted the script from the first movie, changed a few locations, slapped on a new coat a paint and called it good since who wants to mess with a great formula. And it absolutely worked, leading to the highest grossing film of Nicolas Cage’s career at that point. So join us as we breakdown the cookie cutter sequel to National Treasure: National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Benjamin Franklin Gates, Riley Poole and Abigail Chase must clear the Gates family name after a mysterious man shows up with a 140 year old page to a diary that seems to confirm the Gates family were co-conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, BUT since this is a National Treasure film, the quest to find out the truth reveals clues that lead to a hidden treasure the likes of which the world has never seen…except for that one treasure these same people discovered three years prior… National Treasure: Book of Secrets stars Angelina Jolie’s estranged dad; the Academy Award winning actor who as of late has become a certified nut job Jon Voight, winner of both the British and American triple crown of acting with an EGOT in her sights Dame Helen Mirren, a man who is incapable of delivering a bad performance Harvey Keitel, that guy who is only known for being a McGuffin in the Hangover movies and for playing Riley Poole Justin Bartha, Bridget Von Hammersmark herself from Inglorious Bastards; German American actress Diane Kruger and of course, the real National Treasure, Academy Award winning actor and greatest treasure hunter of all time Nicolas Kim Coppola better known as Nicolas Cage.