National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
State of Being : Déjà Vu
In this sequel to the 2004 film National Treasure, Nicolas Cage reprises his role as Benjamin Franklin Gates, who's still uncovering long-lost secrets and treasures. While I have never seen the first "National Treasure" movie, somehow I feel that most movie-goers have seen most of the thrills - if not all - of this done before, in the Indiana Jones movies, for this second installment -"National Treasure: Book of Secrets".
Honestly speaking, Nicolags Cage has never wow me as a leading actor material. I feel that he has neither any charisma or possess any idol looks (is that receding hairline??) to sell a movie. Anyone even remember the Marvel Comics movie adaptation "Ghost Rider"?? In fact, I probably would not have watch the movie if not for the fact that I got the preview tickets for free, compliments of a colleague CL.
Notwithstanding that Cage looks ridiculous in an unflattering hairpiece, the movie is still fun, goofy and entertaining enough to hold your interest without ever getting too exciting. In other words, "Book of Secrets" is merely a strictly by-the-book sequel: It doesn't cheat series fans but it doesn't offer many thrills or surprises or lingering puzzles, either.
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