Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.8|5.0
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom falls into that elite ‘multiple-rewatch-is-absolutely-gonna-happen’ classification that only a few films achieve. The movie captivates its audience with superlative background sets, terrific actors, outstanding script, tense action sequences laced with comedic episodes to break tension, and balances everything with that unique aura that dominates the Indiana Jones series. Watch for the cameo appearance of Dan Aykroyd.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
Indiana
Jones (Harrison Ford) finds himself involved in an adventure to rescue children, retrieve
Sankara stones, and defeat members of the Thuggee cult.
Additional Thanks
Thank
You to Director Steven Spielberg for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producers George Lucas and Frank Marshall for making the film possible.
Additional characters/cast include: Willie Scott
(Kate Capshaw), Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan), Mola Ram (Amrish Puri), Chattar
Lal (Roshan Seth), Captain Blumburtt (Philip Stone), Lao Che (Roy Chiao), Wu
Han (David Yip), Kao Kan (Ric Young), Chen (Chua Kah Joo), Maitre d’ (Rex
Ngui), Chief Henchman (Philip Tan), and Weber (Dan Aykroyd).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
The film works as a classic study in non-stop action placed in outrageously exotic
settings while being completely entertaining.
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Ben Meyers
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