National Treasure: Book of Secrets

– Benjamin Franklin Gates and Dr. Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack o..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 4 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Benjamin Franklin Gates and Dr. 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.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

21 Dec 2007

Language:

English, French

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writer:

Marianne Wibberley (screenplay), Cormac Wibberley (screenplay), Gregory Poirier (story), Marianne Wibberley (story), Cormac Wibberley (story), Ted Elliott (story), Terry Rossio (story), Jim Kouf (characters), Oren Aviv (characters), Charles Segars (characters)

Main Actors:

Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight

Plot:

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 President's Book. But in order to see the book, their choice is either get elected president or kidnap the President of the United States. Which do they choose? It's obvious. With Wilkinson close on their tail, they find the book in the Library of Congress. The conspiracy then crosses to Mount Rushmore where the clue was on the hills, but (according to the Book) President Calvin Coolidge had the faces carved in so no one can find the City of Gold. When they get there they find out that they must work with Wilkinson since he has some clues of his own. Who will claim Cibola? And will the name of Gates be known as murder?

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations.

Gross profit:

$219,932,519

Production:

Buena Vista Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
Metacritic:
48%