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Thursday 6 March 2014

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL [2008]

19 years after the last film, Steven Speilberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford dust off the the whip & fedora for a forth round in the popular Indiana Jones series.
At the ripe ol' age of 66, Captain Ford looks surprisingly good and slips right back into his role with some minor but suitable creaks 'n groans.  The goods pretty much end right there though.
It lacks the heart, imagination and enthusiasm of the original films, even going so far as to nearly ditch the disjointed (yet highly entertaining) serial film like storytelling and almost becoming a coherent (yet painfully boring) straight up tale.
There's a few fun moments scattered throughout but not enough to stand the test of time as the original film does.

2 close encounters out of 5

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