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Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Though the plot elements are certainly familiar, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull still delivers the thrills and Harrison Ford's return in the title role is more than welcome.
Australian Theatrical Release:
May 22, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $316,957,122
Synopsis: When we last saw Indiana Jones on screen, it was 1938, and the world stood on the brink of war as Dr. Jones chased down evildoers to find the Holy Grail. Nineteen years later, he’s cracking his... [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett
Director: Steven Spielberg
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may be the slightest, least memorable entry in the franchise, but it's a franchise with a rather high bar, and the film's plentiful flaws do not overwhelm its pleasures.
The fourth chapter of the Indiana Jones chronicles feels repetitive and a little gassed, but it has too much bravura filmmaking, and just enough wit, to not recommend.
Satisfying if not fully electrifying, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull offers fans all the familiar elements: bullwhip, fedora, ancient texts, hidden clues, obscure maps and cliffhanging moment atop cliffhanging moment.
As with any class reunion, the pleasure of this Indiana Jones entry isn't so much what happens, as who you're with.
Great to have Indy back. Wish he had more interesting stuff to do.
Ford, like Spielberg, is completely in his comfort zone here. That means no risks, but in the case of The Crystal Skull, that kind of safety can still yield plenty of old-fashioned fun.
The movie's pretty good, occasionally very good. But I also kind of hope they don't make another one.
In the end, though, Crystal Skull feels too much like a retrospective.
While the production values are top-notch, and the action artfully choreographed, in the end -- and quite well before the end -- a sense of tedium sets in.
It's crammed full of the dash, filmmaking flair, swashbuckling magic, impossible stunts and tongue-in-cheek humor that made the series such a phenomenon of its time.
[It's] the most ridiculously cartoonish of the four flicks -- but Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is still a lot of fun anyway.
The film, which is set in the late '50s, is bathed in a golden glow that instantly transports us to another era, an era when the movies thrilled us with the daring exploits of human beings, not binary codes.
The worst that can be said of Crystal Skull is that it won’t be inspiring any youthful vine-swinging. A shame, really.
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is as joyless as its predecessors were blissful.
The overall effect is either exhilarating or exhausting, depending on your emotional investment in the franchise, but credit where credit is due: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas set out to make one for the fans and delivered.
Better than Temple of Doom, but not as good as Raiders or Last Crusade . . .
The swashbuckling swings from the rafters, mad races in dueling jeeps, etc. are, to get right to the point, old fedora.
take this nostalgic "pathway to another dimension", and for two hours your mind, like Oxley's, will be blissfully empty.
Spielberg proves he still knows how to generate high-style thrills, and Ford affirms that he can yet deliver both a punch and a wry punchline.
Affectionately aimed at both the AARP crowd and those who grew up with Indy. Temper comparisons to the trilogy and take it on its own terms as a fun ride with a rejuvenated Harrison Ford and enough great action to trump a blah finale.
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