Product Description

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.System Requirements:Running Time: 131 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: PG UPC: 786936752526 Manufacturer No: 05619500

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4773 in DVD
• Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
• Released on: 2008-05-20
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 131 minutes

Amazon.com
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

From The New Yorker
A somewhat entertaining treasure-hunt movie-suspension of disbelief required. Nicolas Cage stars as an explorer out to find some buried riches left behind by the Founding Fathers. The would-be crackling dialogue is damply delivered, but there's fun to be had in the director Jon Turteltaub's constantly shifting monument locations (from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia) and the puzzle-work clues that move the plot. The film is playfully pointless. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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Customer Reviews

Not as good as first one
Not as good as first one, plot too complicated, didn't make sense. Just bought it because part of it filmed in Black Hills, where my husband grew up.

Movie: 2.75/5 Picture Quality: 4~5/5 Sound Quality: 4.25/5 Extras: 3/5
Version: U.S.A / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50
Running time: 2:04:32
Movie size: 32,016,064,512 bytes
Disc size: 48,118,122,133 bytes
Average Video Bit Rate: 23.26 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD 5.1 24-bit English
DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps English / French / Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH / French / Spanish

#Audio Commentary
#Documentary: "Secrets of a Sequel" (HD, 59 minutes)
#Deleted Scenes (HD, 20 minutes)
#The Treasure Reel (HD, 5 minutes)
#Theatrical Trailers (HD)
#Book of History: Fact and Fiction of National Treasure (HD)
#Deleted Scenes (HD)

badbones
Hey not as good as the first National Treasure but hey it's PG and family friendly. Had it's moments but not enough of them to bring it up to the first movies standards. Writing could have been much better. I didn't thing Cage was giving it his all this time aroung.