Way to set up a sequel!

A day late and a dollar short, as usual, I finally got around to renting National Treasure 2, Book of Secrets.

It was a good movie. Not great, but worth the few bucks that I paid to rent it. Usually when you see a movie that is part of a franchise or series, there is some kind of hint that a sequel is coming. Either unfinished business, as is the case with a series (LOTR, for example), or some tiny plot thread that isn't quite resolved.

Now, for all the implausibilities and logical inconsistencies, National Treasure 2 excelled in this one regard: they billy-club you right over the head with the promise of a sequel.

The POTUS, after telling Gates the location of the Book of Secrets, asks him to 'have a look at page 47'. And then we're never allowed to see what's on it, even though Gates does look at it.

This almost ensures that someone who agonizes over unresolved plot details (me!), will want to, no make that 'will be irresistibly compelled to' see the next movie.

Good job.