Some of the same "combo platter" of adrenaline rushes and laugh out loud comedy that were so memorable in other Jones films. There are a number of what might be termed tonal callbacks as well to some of the more whimsically humorous moments in the previous Jonesįilms, with "little" moments like an American bomb crashing through a Nazi stronghold and landing in carpet, not immediately detonating achieving Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny may not have the cliffhanger ambience that was part and parcel of at least Raiders of the LostĪrk, but it has homages aplenty to all of the previous Jones films, including several wonderfully visceral and often hilarious chase sequences. Intrusions of Voller, now a top rocket scientist for the United States (think of someone like ex-Nazi Werner von Braun), fills up the rest of this Again suffice it to say, it turns out it's not lost, and Phoebe's reasons for wanting it, as well as the repeated (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), the daughter of Basil, things get pretty deliriously chaotic rather quickly, as Helena wants Indy to help track down the When Indy is suddenly contacted by his goddaughter Helena "Moon Day", the landing of the astronauts on our nearest satellite in July 1969. Indy is almost instantly revealed to be the kind of crotchety old guy who would be screaming at kids to get off his lawn, if he hadĪ lawn, though in this particular case he's screaming at teenagers to turn down "Magical Mystery Tour" on their stereo as they get ready to That he's in the throes of a divorce from Marion (Karen Allen, who contributes a really emotion filled cameo at the end) after another It's here that the story segues forward two or so decades to find an elderly Indy on the brink of retirement from Hunter College. Whirlwind series of knockdown, dragout fights both in and on top of a train, Indy and Basil emerge victorious, supposedly with half of a Suffice it to say there are Nazis involved, including theĪrch villainous Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelson) who, like Indy, has a "taste" for historical curios with unbridled power. The assistance of a diminutive and fussy professor named Basil Shaw (Toby Jones). Half hour or so, as the first section of the film posits Indy toward the end of World War II, where he's on the hunt for a priceless relic (of course) The understandably elegiac tone that suffuses the latter part of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny rather smartly has to wait around a Geriatric Indy as well as two younger versions courtesy of a "de-aging software". All of this said, the film has some exceptionally well staged action sequences, and Harrison Ford gets to strut his stuff as both a Interesting stylistic and story choice, may also tend to enervate a franchise that was at least initially meant to mimic the cliffhanger antics of old time Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is ultimately a more melancholic affair, which while an Skull may offer examples of that oft quoted "law of diminishing returns", each of them, especially the first two sequels, had moments ofĮxcitement suffused with cheeky humor. In particular to completely understand the excitement that attended Raiders of the Lost Ark when it premiered in 1981, and if Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Germane to understanding some perhaps slightly perplexing reactions that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has engendered. Whoever was responsible for formalizing the underlying concept in writing (and/or Of writer Peter De Vries, at least in that particular formulation. While it's often attributed to famed metaphysician and philosopher Yogi Berra, "nostalgia ain't what it used to be" evidently actually was the handiwork Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, November 30, 2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K Blu-ray Review Starring: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renée Wilson Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp, James Mangold, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.įor more about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K and the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K Blu-ray release, see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on Novemwhere this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K Blu-ray delivers truly amazing video and audio in this enjoyable Blu-ray releaseįinding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K (2023) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K Blu-ray
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