hand me the treasure map or i'll shoot yo ass in the head!

treasure hunting movies are awesome. they're full of puzzles and danger, and of course, gold. "national treasure: book of secrets" is a pretty good film. not mind blowing, but solid. some action scenes were so intense they made me bite my nails even though i'm not a nail biter.

this one is certainly better than the first one even though the plots are similar: ben gates (nicolas cage) and his friend justin do some illegal things in order to find the city of gold and clear ben's great grandfather's name. then they find clues that lead to more clues which lead to the treasure (in another underground/cave of some sort), but they encounter some kind of catastrophe relating to the treasure, and finally, they narrowly escape.

compared to the first one, book of secrets has more humor and action. also, the villain in the film is humanized at the end. he actually wasn't trying to kill everyone. instead, he did something very noble. to me, that's the most heart warming part of the film.