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Sales Rank: 306
Category: DVD
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Format: Dolby, Surround Sound
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 256 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.9
UPC: 786936770902
EAN: 0786936770902
ASIN: B00168O6N2
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: November 19, 2004
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Amazon.com Review for National Treasure
Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can add "caper comedy" to this Jerry Bruckheimer production's multi-genre appeal. Nobody will ever accuse director Jon Turtletaub of artistic ambition, but you've got to admit he serves up an enjoyable dose of PG-rated entertainment, full of musty clues, skeletons, deep tunnels, and harmless adventure in the old-school tradition. It's a load of hokum, but it's fun hokum, and that makes all the difference. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com Review for National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Less engrossing than its 2004 predecessor National Treasure, Jon Turteltaub's busy sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets is nevertheless a colorful and witty adventure, another race against overwhelming odds for the answer to a historical riddle. Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage), the treasure hunter who feverishly sought, in the first film, the whereabouts of a war chest hidden by America's forefathers, is now charged with protecting family honor. When a rival (Ed Harris) offers alleged proof that Gates' ancestor, Thomas Gates, was not a Civil War-era hero but a participant in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Ben and his father (Jon Voight) and crew (Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger) hopscotch through Paris, London, Washington DC, and South Dakota to gather evidence refuting the claim. The film is most fun when the hunt, as in National Treasure, squeezes Ben into such impossible situations as examining twin desks in the queen's chambers in Buckingham Palace and the White House's Oval Office, or kidnapping an American president (Bruce Greenwood) for a few minutes of frank talk. Helen Mirren, the previous year's Oscar winner for Best Actress, wisely joins the cast of a likely hit film as Ben's archaeologist mother, long-estranged from Voight's character but as feisty as the rest of the family. Returning director Turteltaub takes excellent advantage of his colorful backdrops in European capitals and the always-eerie Mount Rushmore, and oversees some wildly imaginative sets for this dramedy's feverish third act in an audacious and completely unexpected, legendary setting. If National Treasure: Book of Secrets doesn't feel quite as crisp and unique as its predecessor, it is still ingenious and wry enough to laugh a bit at itself. --Tom Keogh Stills from National Treasure: Book of Secrets (click for larger image)
Product Description
National Treasure: From Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, comes the definitive NATIONAL TREASURE. Get closer to the edge of your seat with the 2-Disc Collector's Edition Blu-ray of this thrilling adventure starring Academy Award(R) Winners Jon Voight (Best Actor, COMING HOME, 1978) and Nicolas Cage (Best Actor, LEAVING LAS VEGAS, 1995) as Benjamin Franklin Gates. Since boyhood, Gates has been obsessed with finding the legendary Knights Templar Treasure, the greatest fortune known to man. As he tries to find and decipher ancient riddles that will lead him to it, Gates is dogged by a ruthless enemy (Sean Bean, THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy). Now in a race against time, Gates must steal one of America's most sacred and guarded documents -- the Declaration of Independence -- or let it, and a key clue to the mystery, fall into dangerous hands. Heart-pounding chases, close calls and the FBI turn Gates' quest into a high-stakes crime caper and the most exciting treasure hunt you've ever experienced, now with a treasure trove of new special features
National Tresure 2- Book of Secrets:
Join Nicolas Cage on a heart-pounding adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat in a race to find the Lost City of Gold. Grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, Disney's NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS takes you on a globe-trotting quest full of adrenaline-pumping twists and turns -- all leading to the final clue in a mysterious and highly guarded book containing centuries of secrets. But there's only one way to find it -- Ben Gates must kidnap the President. Packed with fast-paced action and crackling humor, NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS is a movie your entire family will want to rediscover again and again
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National Treasure 2 July 19, 2008
Very enjoyable movie. This is a case where the sequel is better than the original. This is a movie that can be enjoyed by the entire family (at least twelve and up).
 Great sequel to the first National Treasure!! July 18, 2008
National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Widescreen)
I loved this movie. I thought it was much better than the first one. Lots of little surprises and makes you wonder if any of this stuff is actually for real.
As good as the first, with it's own twists July 17, 2008
The long and the short of it are: I expected an attempt at recreating the sense of adventure and Patriotism of the first film. What I got was a film that is excellent on it's own merits, with the same wonderful core group of actors. Bravo!!
I live in the armpit of America, euphamistically called the "Heartland". So, I have to wait for everything to come out on video. I'm NOT paying the Satellite people over $5 to see something I can buy. Although I usually rent them from Netflix first, because I NEVER buy sight unseen.
I was happily pleased with the film, and that technology allows that a DVD may be watched 100 times without degrading the quality and forcing us to buy a replacement DVD. The Disney Pukes are/have figured a way to make our DVDs degrade with time. They will burn in Hell for that.
National Treasure Blu Ray review. July 17, 2008
Being blu-ray the quality is very good. I always found the first National Treasure fun to watch and got a few laughs in. As for the second one, I could hardly sit through the thing. It was like watching a really bad version of the first one. It stinks and I don't like it!
 Sequel? not so great July 17, 2008
Should of rented this DVD instead of buying it first. Not as great as the 1st movie.
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