National Treasure 2 - Casting Cage Ep 42 - Bucky's Basement Podcast

This week, Bucky’s Basement dusts off another Casting Cage episode with 2007’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets, a sequel that proves American history has even more secret compartments than previously disclosed.

Nic Cage returns as Benjamin Gates, this time chasing the mythical City of Gold, Cibola, while reuniting with his whiny daddy (Jon Voight), his ex (Diane Kruger), his trusty sidekick (Justin Bartha), and racing against a lazy treasure hunting Ed Harris. Add in Helen Mirren as Cage’s hot mom as a bonus.

 

We unpack granddaddy-vs-granddaddy dynamics, questionable treasure hunting ethics, and the glossy, carbon-copy soul of late-2000s Hollywood blockbusters. Is it absurd? Absolutely. Is it watchable? Check our ratings.

 

Because nobody does Cage like we do.

Only on Bucky’s Basement.