Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip for yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the big screen nearly 20 years after racing for the Holy Grail alongside his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Harrison Ford reprises his… More Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip for yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the big screen nearly 20 years after racing for the Holy Grail alongside his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Harrison Ford reprises his role as the iconic, snake-loathing screen hero in a sequel that also finds Karen Allen returning to the series for the first time since 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, and Shia LaBeouf round out a cast that also features Cate Blanchett in the role of villainous Russian operative Agent Irina Spalko. Steven Spielberg calls the shots on a script penned by David Koepp (and adapted from the screen story by executive producer George Lucas). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- PG-13, 2 hr. 2 min.
- Directed By
- Steven Spielberg
- Written By
- David Koepp
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- May 22, 2008 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 14, 2008
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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David Denby, New Yorker
Crystal Skull isn't bad -- there are a few dazzling sequences, and a couple of good performances -- but the unprecedented blend of comedy and action that made the movies so much more fun than any other adventure series is mostly gone.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
There's nothing but entertainment value here.
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David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The action is the movie's raison d'être, of course, but the setups are wittier than the payoffs.
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Crystal Skull is a fun ride, but if we have to wait 19 years for the next one, that's OK by me.
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Dana Stevens, Slate
Expecting Brando-esque menace or Dreyfus-ian uplift from the Indiana Jones tetralogy is like going to the candy counter at the mall multiplex and asking for some goat cheese and a nice cabernet.
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Christopher Orr, New Republic
Even as the movie occasionally trips over its nostalgias, it's still a likable, if unremarkable, entertainment, a pleasant echo of past delights.
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Kelly Vance, East Bay Express
Senior citizens' special of the year, a popcorn movie made from, uh, mature corn.
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Joshua Starnes, ComingSoon.net
If anyone was worried that Ford was just too old to put the hat back on, Crystal Skull should lay that to rest. There's still life in the old franchise yet.
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Jordan Hoffman, UGO
I'll answer the most important question first. Yes, there is a Wilhelm scream in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Exhilarating
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Dragan Antulov, Index.hr
Ford se jo%u0161 uvijek mo%u017Ee nazivati akcijskom zvijezdom
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Tony Macklin, Fayetteville Free Weekly
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -- the fourth movie about Henry Jones, Jr. -- is as comfortable as an old shoe. Or an old hat. Actually it is old hat. It's comfortable, but it's also worn and slack.
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Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
Although it carries a certain level of slickness to it, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shows that although the times have changed - both in the film and for the viewing audience - Indiana Jones hasn't. And that's a problem.
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Matt Noller, Slant Magazine
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may not be Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it's hardly Spielberg and Lucas raping your childhood hero.
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
The DVD release is worthy of the series' name.
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Andrea Chase, Killer Movie Reviews
as close to an encyclopedia of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as fans could wish for
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Kam Williams, Mount Desert Islander
Thank your lucky stars that Harrison Ford still has the charisma to reinvent one of the most-beloved characters in screen history.
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Featured Audience Ratings
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John M
An older Indy but the same feel at least to me. A solid adventure film in the old school style of cinema from Lucas and Speilbergs youth. -
Phil H
What have they done to Indy???? someone tell me...tell me what I saw was a dream and there's a good Indy film out there, please :( Where to start, oh my god!, its a flippin mess, utter shambles, the worst film Ive seen for ages. Jesus christ, from the very start I got shivers of… More
What have they done to Indy???? someone tell me...tell me what I saw was a dream and there's a good Indy film out there, please :( Where to start, oh my god!, its a flippin mess, utter shambles, the worst film Ive seen for ages. Jesus christ, from the very start I got shivers of an impending pile of poo, this can't be happening. The start is just a mess from the get go, bad green/blue screen shots against the actors, a really corny baddie in Blanchet and the absolutely terrible 'Indy survives a nuclear blast' idea is laughable just laughable. From there its not too bad, the university scenes, the plot ideas, meeting 'Mutt', the punch up and following bike chase is nice, just about right for an Indy adventure. BUT THEN WHOA!! all of a sudden we're in Peru, Mutt hasn't even changed his clothes and we're searching graveyards where strange people seem to live and try to kill you!!! eh?? Then they've found the crystal skull and we're off again into the jungle, the plot lost in the dribble being spewed along the way. It just gets worse, for no reason 'Marian' appears, terrible acting all the way and the obvious plot line that Mutt is Indy's son, no really, didn't see that coming. From then on its just awful, plain embarassing, the jungle chase in the vehicles is dreadful, again bad green/blue screens, no one can hit the goodies with machine guns when they are right along side the other truck hahaha the Tarzan sequence with Mutt is THE WORST THING IVE SEEN FOR ALONG TIME, unbelieveable, then there's the stupid monkey attack AND then there's the elastic band tree! what the hell is that about!??? are we watching a cartoon? Then after all this nonsense we have killer ants that carry people into their nests and all the goodies some how surviving three HUGE waterfall drops. By this time I was practically laughing my ass off and cringing with embarassment. There's a touch of normality as the group discover a ruin and proceed inside, looks nice, looks 'Indyish', oh before that you do have another ridiculous attack from an unknown tribe of people for no reason whatsoever, but luckily the crystal skull scares them off so we're back on track. Once inside the temple ruins there's lots of treasures and ancient texts to read etc...before the conclusion of the film that (as you are aware from awhile back in the film) its all about aliens for gods sake, aliens with crystal skeletons. You can guess what happens a mile off, just a copy of the original 'Raiders' ending really, but less gruesome of course. There's a another absolutely ridiculous plot twist in the final sequence, won't spoil it but its just a big joke really, didn't know I was watching the 'X-Files'. I also forgot the brilliant, using a huge python as a rope to get out of some quicksand or a bog...whatever. This is the worst film I have seen in awhile, terrible, I just can't describe how bad it was and how disappointed I was, they have disgraced the Indy series with this, I just cant believe it!! I really can't, the film is an absolute joke from start to finish. Anyone who says this is better than the original film or even 'Doom' or 'Crusade' is fudging of their trolley. Lucas is a bad word for me now, after this and the 'Star Wars' prequels (which were miles better than this crap). What the hell has gone wrong here? huge disappointment to the Indy franchise. -
Michael M
Harrison Ford has still got it in him to return his landmark action hero to the screen and please old fans and new ones alike. To bad that everything else didn't turn out so well. Shia laBeouf was the worst choice for a supporting actor and a lot of the plot elements have been… More
Harrison Ford has still got it in him to return his landmark action hero to the screen and please old fans and new ones alike. To bad that everything else didn't turn out so well. Shia laBeouf was the worst choice for a supporting actor and a lot of the plot elements have been re-hashed. Watching it, it reminded me of the Jaws sequels. Not Jaws number two. Because that was the good one. -
Joshua W
This is going to be short and simple. Crystal Skull isnt only the worst of the Indiana Jones films but nearly ruins the franchise for me. I love Spielbergs films and Herrison's work (I mean come on it's frickin Hans Solo) But Spielbergs urges to fit alians into everything… More
This is going to be short and simple. Crystal Skull isnt only the worst of the Indiana Jones films but nearly ruins the franchise for me. I love Spielbergs films and Herrison's work (I mean come on it's frickin Hans Solo) But Spielbergs urges to fit alians into everything he does not only makes my heart weep, but makes me want to take away every one of David Koepp's pens and pencils so that he can never do this EVER AGAIN! -
Graham J
I can't believe I can say now that I couldn't sit through a Indiana Jones film. Spielberg, Lucas, Ford, you guys let me down. -
Eric A
I'm really indifferent about this one. First of all the original 3 are classic, and are full of their own unique style. This film has elements of those films, but doesn't quite give you the feeling of the old films. I also found this film to be the cheesiest out of all… More
I'm really indifferent about this one. First of all the original 3 are classic, and are full of their own unique style. This film has elements of those films, but doesn't quite give you the feeling of the old films. I also found this film to be the cheesiest out of all films, which is surprising since technology is way better in 2008. All in all, it's worth seeing but definitely cannot be compared to the orignal 3. -
Sanjaya &
I'm afraid I must agree with most of the audiences that didn't like this movie better than the previous trilogy.. To me, Spielberg too enforce himself to made another sequel to Indiana Jones' series, which is for me is better to end up in a trilogy.. The story itself… More
I'm afraid I must agree with most of the audiences that didn't like this movie better than the previous trilogy.. To me, Spielberg too enforce himself to made another sequel to Indiana Jones' series, which is for me is better to end up in a trilogy.. The story itself just like the previous Indiana Jones' movie before, but the whole movie wasn't look alike because I thought Spielberg took too many similarity to other movies.. With the alien thing, I guess it's too similar to 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.. When Mutt just hanging around with those vine and acting like a tarzan, I feel like I watching 'Mutt of the Jungle'.. While the whole movie itself just looks like a big reunion with the comeback appearance from Karen Allen, and new cast like Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf.. I have no comment for the cast's performance, for me they're doing their best, even for the youngest one here Shia LaBeouf.. But having they idea of bringing back Indiana Jones to the adventure just like bringing back old man to go around the world and look for some treasure.. Overall, it's still an enjoyable movie to be watched, but I must say this movie isn't as good as the previous trilogy before, sorry Steven.. -
Alexander D
Not to say that Indiana Jones should have just been left as a 1980s franchise, but the whole idea of adding in aliens seems irrelevant to the science-non-fiction, historical genre of the Indiana Jones flicks. Now we've got the guy from TRANSFORMERS. -
Chris W
Even though the time period of this film is set in the 1950's, I still felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia as the opening credits rolled (the font used was the same one used for Raiders of the Lost Ark). The gag involving the Paramount logo dissolve was probably the funniest… More
Even though the time period of this film is set in the 1950's, I still felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia as the opening credits rolled (the font used was the same one used for Raiders of the Lost Ark). The gag involving the Paramount logo dissolve was probably the funniest and maybe best one of the series, and, when the shot of Indy (in shadow) putting his fedora on his head happened, I got goosebumps all over my body. The man is back, and, though he may not be better than ever, he's still great. I have no complaints about this film, except that it cannot (and couldn't) have the magic that the others did. Too much time has passed for that to be possible. The film is really thrilling though. It has tons of great action sequences and set-pieces, the pacing is perfect, and the 50's motif works well since Indy has aged. True, the absence of Nazis is a little sad, but there's only so much that can be done with Nazis. I thought that Soviet Communists, aliens, and A-Bombs were a nice change. I really enjoyed the religious supernatural elements from the previous films, but the sci-fi/fantasy elements work just as well. More great things include the return of Marion (It's great to see Karen Allen on the screen again), Shia LeBouf making for a great sidekick, and Cate Blanchett as a superb villain. Sallah is no where to be found, but, given the setting and the plot, having him in the film would have been awkward. People have been complaining about the "Monkey/Tarzan" scene, and to them, I say shut up. It's funny. It's an Indiana Jones film, not an intellectual film. It's goofy, fun entertainment. Who cares if it's cheesy. Bottom line: ignore the bad reviews and haters. It's a good film. It can in no way be compared to the previous ones, because they are in leagues of their own. Yeah, it doesn't have the magic of the others, but Spielberg and Co. weren't trying to outdo their previous masterpieces. It's a worthy film, a great addition to the saga, and an overall really fun cinematic experience. -
Brad W
I disagreee with the peoples percent, I thought it was a welcomed and enjoyable installment to the series. Shia Lebouf was a bad choice though. Indiana Jones may be old but hes still as cool and heroic as ever. The plot was really good and the action scenes were really cool. I… More
I disagreee with the peoples percent, I thought it was a welcomed and enjoyable installment to the series. Shia Lebouf was a bad choice though. Indiana Jones may be old but hes still as cool and heroic as ever. The plot was really good and the action scenes were really cool. I really enjoyed the well made chase scenes though, very nicely done. I personally like the idea of putting Extra Terrestrials in the series. The villain wasn't as intimidating as I'd hoped, Cate Blanchetts accent just annoyed me. In the end this is a great and new installment. -
Jeff "
Considering that Indiana Jones is one of memorable cinematic heroes in cinema, you'd expect the fourth entry to be good, right? Well it's borderline good. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is the fourth entry in the series, and it's a welcomed return… More
Considering that Indiana Jones is one of memorable cinematic heroes in cinema, you'd expect the fourth entry to be good, right? Well it's borderline good. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is the fourth entry in the series, and it's a welcomed return for the beloved Archaeologist. But the film is moderately good. The film is nothing compared to the original films. Considering that Harrison has starred in a few lackluster films over the years (with the exception of Air Force One), it's good to see him in one of his most famous roles again. Crystal Skull is not a bad film, but it definitely lacks the necessary ingredients that has made the Indiana Jones films such classics. One thing that is the strength of the film is the fact that Spielberg has returned to helm this project and he makes the most of it. The film has all the adventure you'd expect, but at times the film falls flat and is quite silly. But it does manage to be exciting. One thing is for sure the era of the classic Indiana Jones film is over. I liked the film, but at the same time was disappointed with the finished product. By the time the credits rolled, I wanted more actually, I felt the film was average and didn't deserve the praise it was getting. People told me that it was better than the original films, but sadly it's not. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is a good film, but lacks the substance and the excellent thrills and villains we so expect from an Indiana Jones adventure. You'll be left feeling semi pleased with the film as I was. Good, but definitely not great. -
Jens S
No, the latest Indiana Jones movie isn't as perfect as its predecessors. Some decisions Spielberg and Lucas made will be criticized by fans of the original films, but those will probably be because of the last 15 minutes, and partially deservedly so. Then again I remember not… More
No, the latest Indiana Jones movie isn't as perfect as its predecessors. Some decisions Spielberg and Lucas made will be criticized by fans of the original films, but those will probably be because of the last 15 minutes, and partially deservedly so. Then again I remember not being very happy with the showdown of Raiders of the Lost Ark either, the first time I saw it. But just like in Raiders, the way to said showdown is the most fun you can have at a movie theater. Ford does not look his age and still delivers his dry lines wonderfully, additionally he has a great chemistry with newcomer LaBeouf. Blanchett makes for a great, almost cartoonesque Russian villain and is so hot at the same time and Karen Allen's smile can still lighten a dark room. The action is hopelessly over the top, but so imaginative, fun and spectacular that the two hours are over sooner than you can blink. There are all the beloved elements of the former movies, the humor, the chases, the mystery, animals, exotic places, riddles and lots of references in line with the first three movies. If this film wouldn't have such large footsteps to fill it'd be almost perfect. As it is, it's the "weakest" film of the series. But that still makes it more fun than 90% of the other action movies of recent years. Good to see you're back, Dr. Jones. -
Emile T
Well, well. <br/>Is Steven Spielberg becoming obsessed with aliens ? See for yourself. <br/> <br/>Extremely good action scenes, especially the chase in the jungle. Cate Blanchett can't be bad, even with all these cliché lines. <br/>The presence of… More
Well, well. <br/>Is Steven Spielberg becoming obsessed with aliens ? See for yourself. <br/> <br/>Extremely good action scenes, especially the chase in the jungle. Cate Blanchett can't be bad, even with all these cliché lines. <br/>The presence of Shia Labeouf was interesting and Harrison Ford was simply decent. <br/> <br/>Deceiving. Blockbuster. <br/>Still good. Still Indy. -
Bently L
As you are reading this, millions of Indiana Jones fans are holding a grudge on both George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg for making this movie. Honestly, Spielberg still has his movie-making talents. Lucas, on the other hand, is losing his movie-making talents. The "Star… More
As you are reading this, millions of Indiana Jones fans are holding a grudge on both George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg for making this movie. Honestly, Spielberg still has his movie-making talents. Lucas, on the other hand, is losing his movie-making talents. The "Star Wars" Prequel Trilogy did not live up to the originals. "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" also didn't live up to the original Indy films. I'm wasting my time. Here comes the review. The plot is set about twenty years or so after the events in "The Last Crusade". World War II is over so now Indy isn't dealing with Nazis this time...he's dealing with the Russians. Indiana Jones discovers the myth of an crystal Aztec skull that will grant you all the knowledge in the world. Indy then teams up with a greaser named Mutt Williams and reunites with Marion from "Raider of the Lost Ark" to find the skull. But them Russians are after the skull as well! This plot is a bit silly. This whole film is silly by the way. The new characters are okay. I didn't Shia LaBeouf ruined the film. However, there a lot of silly elements found in the film. Indiana survived the nuclear bomb by hiding in a refrigirator? Mutt Williams swinging on vines with monkeys? The skull belongs to something out of this world? These had me rolling my eyes. Harrison Ford was awesome like usual. Marion was portrayed well. Shia LaBeouf was okay. He was a bit off at some points. The most laughable of the film's performers was Cate Blanchett! I lol'd at the Russian accent! Ray Winestone was pretty good in this one. Cinematography and visuals are great. Thats one good thing about this film. The bottomline is that "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is both good and bad. Its nice to see Harrison Ford put his fedora hat back on his head but the final result ain't all that pleasing. Still, "Indy 4" is a fun and silly movie that deserves a 70% rating. You need some serious help, George Lucas. Can I hook you up with therapy? Maybe with M. Night Shyamalan? HA! "They're not here for the milkshakes." Follow the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs8D6zwQhxs -
Daniel M
Nostalgia is a very dangerous thing. Having great memories of a certain point in one's life is fantastic, but any attempt to recapture that moment when everything around you has changed is bound to end in failure. All that remains once the forced smiles have disappeared is a sad… More
Nostalgia is a very dangerous thing. Having great memories of a certain point in one's life is fantastic, but any attempt to recapture that moment when everything around you has changed is bound to end in failure. All that remains once the forced smiles have disappeared is a sad sense of disappointment and an increased awareness of the rapid passage of time. It is with a similarly heavy heart that we approach the fourth, but perhaps not final, Indiana Jones film, which comes 19 years after the original trilogy bowed out on a high with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It's been a long time coming, having gone through various scripts and directors since The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles wrapped in the mid-1990s. Steven Spielberg, who felt he had matured as a filmmaker since the originals, only agreed to make a fourth film if he could guarantee the fans something new and entertaining. And in all fairness, he has partially succeeded. The problem, as Spielberg readily admits, is that so much has changed since the original trilogy. On the one hand, there have been many films, if not entire franchises, which have unashamedly ripped off Indiana Jones. Romancing the Stone, Tomb Raider, National Treasure, even The Da Vinci Code, all try to do their own version of the films with varying degrees of success. On the other hand, the action genre has changed beyond recognition, through the work of John McTiernan, the Wachowskis, Paul Greengrass and (unfortunately) Michael Bay. Just as James Bond looks out of place next to Jason Bourne, so Indiana Jones feels at best like affectionate old hat. What this all means is that 'Indy 4' has the dual burden of having to update the series to give it a relevance or purpose, while also retaining the nostalgic, B-movie aesthetic and pantomime content which made the originals so much fun. To everyone's surprise, and some disappointment, what we end up with is just more of the same. It's delivered every bit as efficiently and light-heartedly as the originals, but with an even more deliberate nostalgia and not much of an attempt to argue its case for existing. Proof of this is easily found in the plot, which borrows heavily from the first three films. The central strand, about recovering an ancient religious artefact which may have magical powers, is a straight lift from Last Crusade, only with Mayan mythology rather than Christian icons. The involvement of foreign armies (the Russians on this occasion) sits very closely to Raiders of the Lost Ark, with Cate Blanchett's character filling in for both the poncy archaeologist and the Gestapo officer. And the scenes of underground tribal warriors clearly resemble the mine scenes in Temple of Doom, with vague, heavily watered-down hints of Apocalypto. All that has been said so far makes the film seem like a simple case of George Lucas betraying the fans that made him rich and famous, ruthlessly milking a cash cow while flogging a dead horse. One of the big criticisms centres on the involvement of aliens in the story, which brings with it a lot of special effects and the kind of preposterous mythological dialogue which was already quite silly when The Omen was being made. But, at the risk of a massive backlash, this idea is more or less in keeping with the spirit of the series even if its execution is not. The work of Erich von Däniken, about the possibility of extra-terrestrial influence on prehistoric societies, is every bit as preposterous as the legend of the Holy Grail - it doesn't in itself make the story any less compelling or entertaining. Just like its predecessors, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is at heart an upmarket B-movie, which pays tribute to the matinee idols and boys' own adventures of Lucas' and Spielberg's youth. The new material (well, I say new) is handled in the same pulpy way as the other plots: it matters in relation to keeping up with the story, but you don't have to go away and think about it afterwards. And the film does a fairly decent job of showing how certain aspects have moved on; there's a sad moment of Indy looking at photos of Henry Jones Sr. and Marcus Brody on his desk, but we don't linger on the details long enough for it to get mawkish. Spielberg has always been as his best directing light-hearted, crowd-pleasing popcorn fodder; even when the films are familiar in terms of story and themes, they are better assembled and more engaging than his 'serious' works. And in this film there is a lot of fun to be had. There's nothing quite as witty as the sword vs. gun fight in Raiders of the Lost Ark, or all the banter between father and son in Last Crusade. But the scene where a fight breaks out between the rockers and the jocks to the sound of 'Shake Rattle & Roll' is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Like the originals, there is an element of silliness involved. If you find yourself losing it when Indy survives a nuclear blast by hiding in a lead-lined fridge, then you're not going to get through it. But for those of us who are left, the film manages to keep up the entertainment just enough for us not to notice. Let's be honest, if you handle a guy who manages to survive such amazing stunts, even at this ripe old age, then a prospect of crystal aliens or a sand-based obelisk with a lake underneath isn't going to faze you. The stunts and set-pieces in Crystal Skull are also generally well-played. Most of them refer directly back to the previous films - the truck chase through the jungle begins almost exactly like the truck chase in the first film. Others are more generic, such as the cars racing along a cliff or driving a motorcycle through a building. As before, these scenes are unremarkable but efficiently delivered, and they deserve credit for mostly avoiding CGI, with Harrison Ford still doing most of his own stunts. The performances are all quite enjoyable, like seeing old friends again after a long time apart. Ford, who has become noticeably grumpier off-screen, handles the older persona of Henry Jones Jr. pretty well, proving he is still skilled with the whip and can deliver one-liners every bit as tartly. It's good to see the feisty Karen Allen back on screen, and her character is much more substantial than either of Indy's other conquests - as he says himself, the problem with the others was that "they weren't you". Elsewhere we have John Hurt and Cate Blanchett having a good time chewing the scenery, and Ray Winstone turning even the silliest line into something vaguely threatening. The one weak link is Shia LeBoeuf, who isn't convincing either as Indy's son or as a rebel-without-a-cause. When he first romps on screen, looking like a kid dressing up as Marlon Brando, you sort of forgive him and expect improvement. But he simply isn't charismatic enough to carry the film, let alone any future instalments. But the main problem, which stops Crystal Skull from being just another decent film, is the ending. The actual ending, with Indy and Marion getting married, isn't a problem at all: it's a fitting way for these characters to wind up and Spielberg's sentimentalism isn't out of place. But the scenes preceding it, with the crystal skeletons merging and the flying saucer destroying a whole valley, do look for all the world like Lucas snuck behind the camera while Spielberg was on his coffee break. The special effects are poorly obvious, it's boring to watch and the characters are lost in the wide shots as everything blows up and nobody cares. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is not a terrible film by any means. It recaptures the tone of the originals very well, something which is both its biggest strength and its greatest weakness. It is staggeringly unremarkable in its plot and execution, but at under 2 hours long it is much less bloated and baggy than either the Star Wars prequels or the Pirates of the Caribbean series. In the end, it's probably as good, if not slightly better than we had any right to expect. But if a fifth instalment should come along soon, it might not be so easily embraced. -
Michael E
so far its the best out of all the Indiana Jones films (haven't seen crusade yet.) -
Cynthia S
Not toooo bad, but not really great either. Looks like they were hoping to start making The Son of Indiana Jones movies if this one panned out. It didn't. All in all, though, they should have just left well enough alone. -
KJ P
Without having seen the first, I cannot truly see what a great Indiana Jones film is, but for now, this fills the spot. The end is a little over-the-top, but I loved it! Harrison Ford will never get old, and nor do I see this movie getting old anytime soon! I really enjoyed this CGI… More
Without having seen the first, I cannot truly see what a great Indiana Jones film is, but for now, this fills the spot. The end is a little over-the-top, but I loved it! Harrison Ford will never get old, and nor do I see this movie getting old anytime soon! I really enjoyed this CGI fested Indiana Jones! -
Albert K
Definitely the worst of the Indiana Jones "quadrilogy"... Disappointing -
Corey W
I HATED this movie. This is probably worse than Temple of Doom. I can't decide. I mean, at least the side-kick in Doom was somewhat helpfull. Mutt, Indy's son, was just so pointless and incredibly useless. I just don't understand how a character like Indiana can be in… More
I HATED this movie. This is probably worse than Temple of Doom. I can't decide. I mean, at least the side-kick in Doom was somewhat helpfull. Mutt, Indy's son, was just so pointless and incredibly useless. I just don't understand how a character like Indiana can be in such a bad movie...scratch that, two bad movies! At least I have the first and third installment to say that I like Indiana Jones.
Cast
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Harrison Fordas Indiana Jones -
Cate Blanchettas Irina Spalko -
Karen Allenas Marion Ravenwood
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Ray Winstoneas George "Mac" McHale -
John Hurtas Professor Oxley -
Jim Broadbentas Dean Charles Stanforth
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Shia LaBeoufas Mutt Williams -
Igor Jijikineas Col. Dovchenko -
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