INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (2023) (mini film review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper)

[Philip De Parto]

The following review is reprinted with permission from

THE MT VOID
03/15/24 -- Vol. 42, No. 37, Whole Number 2319

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INDIANA JONES AND THE

DIAL OF DESTINY is the fifth (and please, God, the last) in the
Indiana Jones series.  It's not that it is absolutely terrible, but
between the callbacks of now-elderly stars (Karen Allen, John
Rhys-Davies) for the sake of re-creating the characters of their
youth, to re-hashing old jokes and tropes (the whip versus guns,
eels as watery snakes, a young boy "sidekick", etc.), to actually
turning into a true alternate history (in our world Indiana Jones
did not ride a horse through the New York Apollo 11 parade), this
was made more to cash in on the fan base than because anyone had a
good idea for the film.  [SPOILERS]  Adding time travel to the mix
just makes it into something it never was.  (And the concern about
changing history seems to come a bit too late, since apparently
there was already a change.)

It is perhaps not a coincidence that this is also the first
"Indiana Jones" film not involving George Lucas as a writer or
Steven Spielberg as the director.

As I said, not absolutely terrible, but not up to the first and
third of the series.  (Perhaps the less said about INDIANA JONES
AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, the better.)  [-ecl]

Released theatrically 14 June 2023.  Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4), or
6/10.

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