Ben Gates and his father have lobbied to get their ancestor Thomas Gates, the man who was entrusted with the secret of the Templars treasure, honored as a historical hero. They believe that Gates was approached by two men who unbeknown to him were members of a group loyal to the confederacy, and one of the men, John Wilkes Booth, gives him his journal and shows him something they want him to decipher. Booth then leaves to assassinate Lincoln. Gates completes the deciphering and discovers that it's a clue to a great treasure but when Gates learns who they are, he rips out pages that had the clue and tried to burn them, he would then be shot. At the unveiling, a man named Wilkinson stands up claiming to have in his position one of the pages that Gates tried to burn and in it, is something that claims that Gates may have been involved with the plot to assassinate Lincoln. So now Thomas Gates is labeled a traitor. But Ben and his father don't believe it. So they acquire the page and discover what Gates was deciphering and sets out to prove that Gates is innocent. But Wilkinson is following him. Ben's trek takes him to France, England, and eventually back to Washington but they hit a road block. And to find the clue Ben is forced to kidnap the President. Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary.<br/><br/>Yes, I loved the first. I hear all these people complaining about all these little things that actually define movies in general. Sure, there was some tedious little thing put here and there, but I grew up and learned that things aren't perfect. And people may not realize this, but this a Disney film: made for KIDS. Doesn't necessarily mean we can't enjoy them either, but they aren't exactly trying to make you like it. The second installment of the series had some great expectations. Same cast from the original, an interesting plot, and seemed to have a lot more heist scenes (which I am a huge fan of!) So after sitting down and watching, I once again loved the film… Think of a bigger and badder National Treasure. That is what sequels are trying to be, right? The thing is, this movie blows the first out of the water. It has some spectacular set pieces, some amazing action scenes, and the heist scenes were really awesome (although some were over-the-top pointless.) The acting shouldn't even be commented on, this is a Disney movie by the way, and Nicholas Cage is in it. Thing is, if I imagined myself acting, I would do a much worse job then they have, so I give them kudos for at least trying. The plot is just like the first, they go from clue to clue to solving a puzzle. This is where the complainers come in, stating that the movie is "over-the-top" "stupid" "unrealistic". Well, yeah, and? I didn't know movies were supposed to be realistic. The Dark Knight surely wasn't realistic, but it has rave reviews? Movies are escapism that started that way, so stating something that you have no idea what your saying is just pointless. ANYWAYS… some of the ideas were stupid, yes, but I wasn't expecting an intellectual look at these things. It was a movie and I enjoyed it for what it is. All in all, I definitely recommend. People who complained, take this to heart and watch your 'over-the-top' realistic movies while the others can enjoy a great entertaining movie. Book of Secrets surpasses the first, and includes some of the most entertainment you can get out of something. I rate 1 star higher than the first… 8/10. I kind of liked the first installment of National Treasure. It was nothing more but enjoyable escapism; sort of an Indiana Jones for kids.<br/><br/>But in this sequel it feels like we've seen it all before. For the life of me, I can't understand why they kept Riley Poole as the comic relief side kick. That character is just plain Jar-Jar-Binks-terrible. I suppose that his plethora of lines are supposed to be witty, but they just made me want to stab him in the neck with a No. 2 pencil. In all fairness, the overall dialogue sucks and blows at the same time, which I thought was a physical impossibility.<br/><br/>But my issues with Poole aside, the main problem with this film I had with this film is that I felt it didn't have a strong enough "hook". Honestly, I couldn't care less if Nicolas Cage's great-grandfather (or whatever the hell it was) is accused of being complicit in a murder committed about 150 years ago, and they have to find a secret something in order to clear his name. Now I sort of understand why George Lucas said that the long gap between Indy 3 & 4 was due to the fact that they couldn't find a strong enough McGuffin around which the story revolves.<br/><br/>I'm just glad I didn't pay to see this movie. It's a measure of the film's infectious goofiness that Cage seems altogether more interested in clearing the name of a long-dead ancestor than in finding a city of gold. Historian Ben Gates (<a href="/name/nm0000115/">Nicolas Cage</a>) learns from treasure hunter Mitch Wilkinson (<a href="/name/nm0000438/">Ed Harris</a>) that a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth implicates Ben's great-great grandfather Thomas as a co-conspirator in the 1865 murder of Abraham Lincoln. Ben sets out to clear the Gates' name by following clues that take him to Cibola (the City of Gold), Buckingham Palace, the Oval Office, and the President of the United States. National Treasure: Book of Secrets is the sequel to <a href="/title/tt0368891/">National Treasure (2004)</a> (2004), a Disney Production that was co-written by numerous screenwriters, including American screenwriting team Marianne and Cormac Wibberley. The Wibberleys also wrote the screenplay for National Treasure: Book of Secrets. <a href="/title/tt1197627/">National Treasure 3</a> is currently in development with no release date known. The Book of Secrets refers to a book kept by the President of the United States and, in turn, handed down to each succeeding President. It contains secrets known only to the Presidents, e.g., the truth about Area 51 and the assassination of President Kennedy. The first clue leads to a replica of the Statue of Liberty that sits on the Île aux Cygnes near the Grenelle Bridge in Paris, France. On the statue is written (in French): "Across the sea, these twins stand resolute to preserve what we are looking for. 1876". Ben interprets that second clue to refer to two desks made from the timbers of the Resolute, a British ship trapped in ice during an Arctic exploration. One of the desks now sits in the Queen's study at Buckingham Palace, London. The other is the desk of the President of the United States sitting in the Oval Office at the White House. Ben's referring to the fact that, when the monarch of England is not in residence at Buckingham Palace, the Union Jack is displayed. When the Queen is in residence, her royal flag is displayed. Since the Queen wasn't in residence, her royal flag was not flying. Emily deciphers the carved wooden plank found in the Queen's Resolute desk as Olmec writing meaning, Find the noble bird, let him take you by the hand and give you passage to the sacred temple. She concludes that the reference is to Cibola, the City of Gold. But the reference is incomplete without the plank from the President's desk. Unfortunately, that plank was found by President Calvin Coolidge [1872-1933] and destroyed. The only clue to its message lies in the Book of Secrets. This is from a book that Ben reads aloud: In 1527, a Spanish ship wrecked on the Florida coast. There were only four survivors. One was a slave named Esteban who saved a local tribe's dying chief. As a reward, he was taken to their sacred city, a city built from solid gold. Later, when Esteban tried to find the city again, he never could. But the legend grew, and every explorer came to the new world in search of it. When General Custer's search for gold ended at his last stand at Little Big Horn, it became clear none would ever find it. Ben believes that, if the cipher on the diary page leads to Cibola, the City of Gold, this would prove that Thomas Gates threw the page into the fire to prevent the Confederates from finding the gold (a treasure that might have changed the outcome of the Civil War), not to coverup the names of the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. The President (<a href="/name/nm0339304/">Bruce Greenwood</a>) mentions that he was an Architecture History major at Yale, so secret passageways (especially under such a historical site as Mount Vernon) would be of extraordinary interest to him. Coupled with this is the fact that Ben was famous (based on the previous movie) for exploring old buildings, national treasures, and such. In light of this, Ben would be the closest thing to an expert. Therefore, the President would probably feel safe with him. Besides, it was only a little jaunt into the cellar, and the President's guard was behind him the whole time. Ben and Mitch finally meet up at Mount Rushmore and agree to work together to find the treasure. Ben finds the "islands of stone" and Mitch adds the last clue: The answer will only be revealed under a cloudless rain. Sprinkling the rocks with their water bottles, they uncover the figure of an eagle. The final clue, possessed by Mitch, say to "surrender your hand to the heart of the warrior." Ben sticks his hand in the hole in the middle of the eagle, pulls a lever, and a rock doorway opens. Ben and Mitch, accompanied by Abigail (<a href="/name/nm1208167/">Diane Kruger</a>), Riley (<a href="/name/nm0058581/">Justin Bartha</a>), Patrick (<a href="/name/nm0000685/">Jon Voight</a>), and Emily (<a href="/name/nm0000545/">Helen Mirren</a>), make their way into the cave, encountering several traps along the way. Patrick and Emily get separated, but they all end up at the same place—Cibola, the City of Gold. Mitch apologizes for smearing the name of Thomas Gates and explains that it was the only way he could get Ben to join in the search. Suddenly water starts seeping into the city, threatening to block their way out. Noticing that the water seems to be draining, they follow it to a drainage tunnel beneath the city. One person will have to stay behind, however, in order to hold open the stone door. Mitch demands to go first by holding a knife to Abigail's neck, so Ben agrees to stay behind. Everyone gets out except for Mitch and Ben, who become trapped because of the current. Ben is stuck in the door, and Mitch is the only one who can open it. Mitch decides to open the door, letting the current push Ben through but asks Ben to let the world know that it was he (Mitch) who found Cibola. Ben is immediately taken into custody by FBI special agent Sandusky (<a href="/name/nm0000172/">Harvey Keitel</a>), but the President exonerates him by explaining that Ben did not kidnap him but actually saved his life when the door accidentally closed in the secret tunnel they were exploring. He shows Ben an article for tomorrow's newspaper that names Thomas Gates a national hero and asks him whether he read page 47 on the Book of Secrets. Ben nods and replies, "It's life altering." Everyone, including Mitch Wilkinson, is given credit for finding the City of Gold, Emily can be seen later cataloging the treasures, and Ben and Abigail get back together. In the final scene, Riley sees his red Ferrari bearing a note from the President reading, "Tax free". He jumps in, starts up the engine, and backs into the car behind him. It is never made clear in the movie what was on page 47, and some speculate that it exists as a cliffhanger solely to set up another sequel. On the DVD commentary, director <a href="/name/nm0005509/">Jon Turteltaub</a> thrice says something about the contents of page 47, but his microphone fails mysteriously all three times. He also rebuffs the sequel theory, saying that the references to page 47 exist to show how much the President began to trust Ben Gates and to establish a closeness between the characters. Mitch wanted to be acclaimed for finding Cibola, but he knew that tricking Ben into find it for him would be much easier, especially if there were any brushes with the law. There were two aircraft in the hangar, both A-3 Skywarriors. The plane was versatile, filling the roles of both bomber and tanker during the Vietnam War and as a spy plane during the Cold War. 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