Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Director	Steven Spielberg
Release year	1984
Genre	Action / Adventure
My watch history	2019-02-25 2024-03-09
Actors	Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Roy Chiao, David Yip
IMDB	IMDB

Review

Indiana and two other persons escapes from criminals only to get to new trouble. Their plane crash and they end up to a small village in India. They will hear that there is problems in this village since the mystical stone is stolen so Indiana goes to search this stone to return it to back to the village. On their search Indy and his friends will find dark secrets and dangerous cult and they have to fight for their survival.

Like the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, this also is the timeless classic in action adventure genre. There is a strong masculine hero who always survives against the enemies, but he is still not immortal one and sometimes he only survives because of the help of his friends. Indiana Jones is a hero what has probably been a role model for many young boys in their childhood.

Spielberg can capture the audience right ways. There is lots of action, but still not too much. Action is fast paced, but it never loses the focus and viewer have no problems to get the whole picture of action scenes. This is something what many modern filmmakers should learn since many modern action movie scenes are just confusing because of unnecessary fast cuts. There is also fast cuts in this movie as well, but the whole scenario is still understandable.

Great use of music builds the tension. Music is used very well also every other scenarios to lead the emotions of the viewer to wanted direction.

This is a must see movie for every action adventure film lovers.

Review written: 2024-03-09