Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

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	Year of first release: 2008
	Director: Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Jurassik Park)
	Actors: Harrison Ford (Star Wars 4-6, Blade Runner), Shia LaBoeuf (Transformers 1-3), Cate Blanchett (The Lord of the Rings), Karen Allen (Starman, Raiders of the Lost Ark), John Hurt (Alien, 1984)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 20.10.2012, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: In the 1950's, the aging Indiana Jones (Ford) is still part time teacher and part time archaeologist. In this new adventure he will race against Russians across the USA and South America looking for a mysterious and powerful Crystal Skull, with the help of a new sidekick (LaBoeuf).
Review: The movie received many bad critics when it went out, but I don't find it so bad. It is as full of action and adventure as the first three of the franchise, and the story is not less believable than the one of Raiders of the Lost Ark. However I wouldn't say that Steven Spielberg is still at his best: the movie tries hard to be as fresh and full of ideas as its predecessors, but it sometimes falls flat, maybe due to the influence of Georges Lucas at the screenplay.  I liked the ending also, but the scenes leading to it can be too long (like the car chase in the forest and the fist fight against the Russian surrounded by ants), and some other scenes are not believable at all (the three drops from the waterfalls, or escaping a nuclear blast in a fridge!! even Steven Spielberg apologised for that one). Anyway I enjoy watching it once in a while when I am too tired to watch something new, and I will definitely buy the Blu-ray box-set of the quadrilogy, already out in the shops.
Rating: 6 /10