National Treasure: Book of Secrets

I can’t decide if this was enjoyable crap or utter crap. A bit of both, I suppose. Mostly the latter. Bigger budget than the first, and even more preposterous plot. Helen Mirren is humiliated by the awful dialogue. Nicholas Cage plays the role seriously, and there is an intensely annoying subplot of the dysfunctional relationships between Cage and Kruger, and Voight and Mirren. That said, the sidekick, Riley (Justin Bartha), is a lot of fun, and some of the set piece action sequences are good. On reflection, this is utter crap. Even the kids thought it sucked.