Legendary director Steven Spielberg credits
shooting on the new Indiana Jones movie with bringing him
closer than ever to Harrison Ford, after the pair had hardly
talked on previous projects.
The Indiana Jones trilogy has provided action entertainment
for generations. Harrison Ford returns as Indiana Jones in
a plot to save some relics known as the Crystal Skulls. Indiana
Jones 4- and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has be much awaited by fans who
expect this film to live up to the success of the previous
three. With a few concerns that Harrison Ford may be too old
to successfully perform the demanding stunts and fast pace
of this film.
Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana"
Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled
in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts
known as the Crystal Skulls.
Newest Indiana Jones adventure begins in the
desert Southwest in 1957 – the height of
the Cold War. Indy and his sidekick Mac (Ray Winstone)
have barely escaped a close scrape with nefarious
Soviet agents on a remote airfield.
Now, Professor Jones has returned home to Marshall
College – only to find things have gone
from bad to worse. His close friend and dean of
the college (Jim Broadbent) explains that Indy's
recent activities have made him the object of
suspicion, and that the government has put pressure
on the university to fire him. Shocked by this
turn of events, Indiana decides to leave town
for a while.
On
his way out of town, Indiana meets rebellious young
Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), a young man with a tantalizing
proposition: if the archaeologist will help him carry
out a deeply personal mission, Mutt will lead Indiana
and Mac to the legendary Crystal Skull of Akator.
But as Indy and Mutt set out for the most remote corners
of Peru – a land of ancient tombs, forgotten
explorers and a rumored city of gold – they
quickly realize they are not alone in their search.
The Soviet agents are also hot on the trail of the
Crystal Skull. Chief among them is icy cold, devastatingly
beautiful Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), whose elite
military unit is scouring the globe for the eerie
Crystal Skull, which they believe can help the Soviets
dominate the world if they can unlock its secrets.
Indy and Mutt must find a way to evade the ruthless
Soviets, follow an impenetrable trail of mystery,
grapple with enemies and friends of questionable motives,
and, above all, stop the powerful Crystal Skull from
falling into the deadliest of hands.
If you liked the other Indiana Jones movies, you will
like this one. Kingdom of the crystal skull is very
much an Indiana Jones movie and it’s a really
hard movie to dislike.
The previous Indies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 1981
Harrison Ford stars as Jones, an archaeologist who
dresses in a brown coat and fedora, armed with a
revolver and lion-taming whip. A delightful opening
involving elaborate booby traps informs us he's
used to these adventures (especially his even closer
brushes with death in Temple of Doom, which was
a prequel). When he returns to the states from his
latest "excavation," he's informed by
the military that the Nazis are after the ark of
the covenant, an artifact that could possess the
power to make the Nazis an invincible army. So Jones
sets out to retrieve the ark first, in what will
prove to be one of his greatest adventures.
Raiders of the Lost Ark was revolutionary cinema,
paving way for summer blockbusters that would attempt
for the same winning mix of thrills and humor.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom -
1984
After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the
sequel was inevitable. George Lucas came up with
the story and Steven Spielberg again directed this
second adventure in the Indiana Jones serial. The
high energy and joy seen in Raiders of the Lost
Ark has been replaced with a darker, more serious
adventure, as Indiana is charged with recovering
a magic stone for a village in India who has seen
drought and all of the children have gone missing.
The famous Indian actor Amarishpuri did the character
of Villain in this movie.
The movie does feature a fantastic scene with an
underground rail system that turns into a chase
sequence that is filmed well and is enjoyable to
watch. This film does not have the whimsy or innocence
seen in the other two Indiana movies, and suffers
because of it. While still an enjoyable film, it
is the least of the three Indiana movies.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 1989
An ideal action-comedy/adventure if there ever was one. In
this entertaining third installment archaeologist Ford must
travel to Italy to try and rescue his estranged father. However,
the rescue mission soon turns into a historic quest as he
seeks out the Holy Grail, and once again finds himself battling
Hitler's Nazis and encountering dangerous perils every step
of the way. Follows basically the same formula as Raiders
of the Lost Ark, but Connery is an added bonus and the two
make a perfect duo.
