Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nic Cage) looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and clear his family's name, by uncovering the mystery within the pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary.
I think the best way to summerize this movie to say "it's exactly what I expected". Nothing new or special, but more code-cracking, mystery solving, preposterous conspiracies and national landmarks abound. I am by no means saying this in a bad way, I'm just telling you what to expect. I enjoyed the first film and thought the same about this one... lots of fun. If you liked the first film, this holds very true to form. If you hated the first film you're gonna hate this.
This franchise has sort of become the Indiana Jones of American history I guess. Well, a fictionalized Hollywood account of American history anyway. If you decide to really think about this film... well, just don't. It's a big, dumb, fun popcorn movie that you're not supposed to think about.
Witty wisecracks from Riley keep some laughs coming and there is a lot of action to keep the plot moving along. If you want intellectually stimulating, realistic history lessons... move right along, nothing to see here.
This is just another helping of ridiculous, treasure-seeking fun.
7.5/10
p.s. as an added bonus... there's a Goofy cartoon running before this that rules
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