Its hard to fathom that Lincoln's assassination could somehow be tied to the lost city of gold, and that said city is actualy inside Mt Rushmore. Still thats not all this story would have you believe. Some scenes of this movie are absurdly...
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Its hard to fathom that Lincoln's assassination could somehow be tied to the lost city of gold, and that said city is actualy inside Mt Rushmore. Still thats not all this story would have you believe. Some scenes of this movie are absurdly ridiculous. Such as luring the President away from his birthday party to go 1 on 1 cave digging just for the hell of it. Not to mention children that enthusiasticaly spat out government conspiriceis and polictical theory at random. Gee kids isnt history fun? its chock full of ancient mystreries and vast arrays of treasure oh and Booby traps. Only in the World of Disney. By the way what's a great talent like Ed Harris doing in this film? I mean you hardly even recognize hes there in between all the word searches and number shuffling. oh wait hes the villain that turns out to be not so vile after all. Who could have guessed? Doesnt that make you feel guilty for misjudging him? shame on you. This is definetly a Disney film trying to teach us the golden rules of life. The plot in this movie, diverges itself from the Lincoln Assassanation because lets face it thats not nearly important enough or as interesting as an entire city of gold. I mean finding out historial truths about the death of one of our nations greatest leaders should have to take a backseat to a greed filled pursuit of fame and fortune. of corse. anyway Nick Cage is back in his role of champion rubix cube solver and embarks on a mission to prove his family's innocence by kidnapping the president, breaking into federal buildings stealing highly classified documents, pillaging the white house, and endangering the lives of everyone around him. sounds logical. The movie is a sorta a quirky fun filled romp for the whole family, even though kids will probably zone out during all the witty banter and historical ramblings. It was on par with the original if not a little bit better. Rent it.

A big heaping pile of tedium, with some bad jokes thrown in to make this movie even worse. Nicholas Cage(one of my disliked actors) once again plays Ben Gates, a know-it-all adventurer/treasure hunter who, this time, decides to clear his family's...
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A big heaping pile of tedium, with some bad jokes thrown in to make this movie even worse. Nicholas Cage(one of my disliked actors) once again plays Ben Gates, a know-it-all adventurer/treasure hunter who, this time, decides to clear his family's name. He does this because one of his distant relatives are accused of planning the assasination of Abe lincoln. So he'll do ANYTHING, even kidnap the president of America, to fulfill his mission. boring, bad acting, and it just doesn't make any sense.

Lacks the spark of the Indiana Jones films, but still fairly entertaining for what it it is, and it's always nice to get a couple of interesting historical facts along the way :).

The film sags towards the end, and Helen Mirren's...
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Lacks the spark of the Indiana Jones films, but still fairly entertaining for what it it is, and it's always nice to get a couple of interesting historical facts along the way :).

The film sags towards the end, and Helen Mirren's accent was a bit all over the place, but overall you could do worse.

Even worse than the first movie.