1984 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 58 min
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan, Amrish Puri, Dan Aykroyd
Every solid trilogy has a weak point, and I guess Temple of Doom is Indiana's lame movie. This one differs from the first and third in that it's not a planned adventure. In fact, the planned adventure takes place off screen before the movie even gets started. The impromptu "how will Indy save himself and friends" adventure is random and kinda nuts. His usual crew isn't involved and instead his stuck with a high-maintenance singer and the techy Asian kid from The Goonies.
While I like a good "Dr. Jones! Dr. Jones!" as much as the next guy, this movie just doesn't hold up to the other installments in this trilogy. On its own, it's not bad. But by comparison, it's not great.
Still, it's a nice change of pace away from religious icons and Nazis, I guess.
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