National Treasure: Book of Secrets
February 22, 2008 in theaters
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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"There are things in it that would change everything."
DID YOU KNOW?
Filming at Buckingham Palace required special permission from the British Royal Family -- a scale replica was built for most interior scenes.
THE VERDICT
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A sequel that replicates the formula without materially improving it -- more locations, more puzzles, more supporting players -- and runs largely on the goodwill of the original. The presidential kidnapping conceit is more outlandish than anything in the first film and the film embraces it with matching confidence. Ed Harris makes a credible antagonist and Helen Mirren is a welcome addition. A functional continuation for those who wanted exactly more of the same.
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