One would think that National Treasure: Book of Secrets would be a flawless, or at least an enjoyable sequel to its predecessor. The cast is back and Nicolas Cage almost never fails to deliver a special performance. With a higher budget and the backing of Disney, and an end of the year release date, one might be fooled into believing this to be the movie event of the season.

I would like to touch on the upcoming Rambo movie for just a moment. Now look, no one thought Rocky Balboa would do well and it wound up making 70 Million with some critical acclaim mixed in as well. So, who’s to say that the "new" Rambo won’t do as well? I’m not going to pass judgment without at least seeing it but I will use this quote from Mr. Stallone to Access Hollywood as, well maybe a sign of sorts, "There were a lot of people trying to dissuade us from doing it - there were a lot of threats to myself and the crew,". Ok, so the context was about the locals and the intense fighting going on near the Thailand border where they were filming, but who’s to say the translator didn’t take a few liberties?

Reading the title of this review, you might assume that I have a plan to get into the cute, sweet story of a boy who just wants to dance, and the headstrong preacher man who is doing his best to crush that dream. That, of course, is my obligatory Footloose reference which is technically required whenever anyone mentions Kevin Bacon’s name in conjunction with anything having to do with the film industry...

Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Michael Moriarty William Hurt, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming...Do any of those names ring a bell? What if I were to tell you that all of the aforementioned actors could be found in one film? I promise you that it is a film that you have quite possibly never heard of and would never have heard of if not for this review!

Sylvester Stallone is a conservative politically, but this does not preclude him from being a testosterone filled maniacal director of insanely grotesque blood-fest films. Rambo is the cleverest film of 2008, and may not be unseated for months to come.