National Treasure: Book of Secrets

A very entertaining, if slightly ludicrous sequel starring Nicholas Cage, John Voight and Helen Mirren. Does the plot really matter? Nicholas Cage is the son of John Voight and they are treasure hunters. The film opens with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Nicholas Cage's Great-Great(?)grandfather is shot by a Confederate agent for refusing to de-code the code which would lead them to a golden city created by Native Americans in the Wild West. However, a descendant of the Confederate agent appears and claims that in fact the old man was the leader of the plot to assassinate Lincoln, and produces a page torn form the diart of John Wilkes Booth (keeping up?) as proof. The code is discovered hidden on that page. Two hours later, after several chases and journey through the Statue of Liberty (in Paris) Buckingham Palace, the Oval Office, Mount Rushmore all the while being pursued by various nasty baddies, we end up in the City of Gold. This is pure entertainment, and not so bad for that - maybe this type of film will never win Oscars - but they are good fun. Rating 7/10