Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Full Screen
- Full Screen
- Running Time 118 Mins
- Rated PG
- Dolby Digital
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg returns as director for this rip-roaring prequel to 1981′s smash hit RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Here dashing, whip-wielding archaeologist-adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is joined by comely chanteuse Willie (Kate Capshaw) and a 12-year-old sidekick named Short Round (Ke Huy Quan). Together they search for a mystical stone stolen from an Indian community and stumble upon a dangerous Thuggee cult. Exotic locales, wild chases, death-defying cliffhangers, last-minute rescues, screaming damsels, and tribal sacrifices are the order of the day as the threesome attempt to acquire the stolen stone. A few scenes originally planned for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK showed up in INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM–most notably the mine chase sequence, which was part of the 80 percent of TEMPLE OF DOOM shot on a soundstage. After the film’s release, the MPAA’s Classification & Ratings Board created a new rating–PG-13. Spielberg cast actress Kate Capshaw, who would later become his real-life wife, for the film.
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The “now standard Indiana” formula is there and there are a lot of fun parts to this movie. However the bad guys are too bad and the situation is too spooky. Be sure to watch “Raiders of the Lost Ark” first even thought this takes place chronologically earlier.
Once again James Bond has nothing on Dr. Jones (Harrison Ford) as he negotiates for a treasure and is double crossed at every turn, barely escaping with his life, also the acquisition of a stereotypical blond singer Wilhelmina Scott (Kate Capshaw), and his new sidekick Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan).
In his hasty retreat he does not realize that there are greater forces at work insuring that he fulfill his destiny to recover a sacred object and all the children of a beleaguered village.
Is he up to the challenge?
In this case does being blond help or hinder?
Will Short Round prove that size does not matter?
Take heart!
Be prepared for a dark passage “a little too dark for my taste”.
The Librarian – Quest for the Spear
Review by bernie for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Full Screen
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