National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Ben (Nicolas Cage), Abigail (Diane Kruger), Ben's parents (Helen Mirren and Jon Voight), Riley (Justin Bartha) and Mitch Wilkinson (Ed Harris) enter Cibola, the City of Gold (located near Mount Rushmore). On the way out, surrounded by flooding water, Mitch keeps the door open so that Ben can get out and dies; he asks Ben that he receive credit for finding the city (he wanted his name to be a part of history). The president congratulates the team on finding the city. Ben's ancestor's name is cleared of being called a traitor. Ben and Abigail get back together; Ben's parents get back together; a research team enters the City of Gold and starts studying the place. Riley gets his Ferrari back and tax free.

Plot hole: The idea that Ben Gates had to run away despite the President's being okay with the kidnapping does not make sense. The President could simply pardon him if necessary. However, when he ran away, he would likely be committing other crimes (fleeing and eluding police, reckless driving, etc.) that would not be federal crimes and so would not be pardonable.

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Suggested correction: That's basically what he did at the end. Even though the President was OK with Ben "kidnapping" him, if Ben didn't find the lost city of gold he would have been arrested and charged for kidnapping the President (amongst other charges). However, because Ben was able to find the city the President gave him and his crew a full pardon and explained that it was a misunderstanding.

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Ben Gates: I'm gonna kidnap the president of the United States.

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Trivia: The easter egg roll scene was filmed on Mount Vernon, with the White House added in the background.

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Question: Just curious what was on page 47 that the President asked Ben Gates to help him with. Was it finding the City of Gold?

Answer: It is never explained what was on the page. It was just a cliffhanger to set up for a 3rd movie, I think.

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