Director: Steven Spielberg. Screenplay: David Koepp, based on a Story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson, based on Characters created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman . Stars: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf , Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent. Released: May 22, 2008.
Summary
Indiana Jones is pressed back into service, this time to prevent Soviets from gaining the power of the Crystal Skull.
Comments
It's been in development hell since 1989, but perhaps we can be grateful: not only is Indy a slightly sager character than the wry, redblooded young professor we first saw in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but the franchise itself seems older and wiser. Director Steven Spielberg, co-writer George Lucas, and Harrison Ford have collaborated to make an Indy film driven by story and character, though there's still plenty of adrenaline and eye-popping action in the Soviet-era adventure. Sidekick Shia LaBeouf may be an insurance policy to bring in younger viewers (a la Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard), but LaBeouf knows his stuff; also in the cast are Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, and Jim Broadbent. A bit of a letdown after all those years of talk and expectation, but still with plentyof Indy flair.
