Phew. Where to start with this movie? Well, to put it in perspective the last Indian Jones movie came out in 1989, nearly 20 years ago and that movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, was set in 1938. Time in the Indy world apparently runs in real time because the latest movie is set in 1957, maybe to reflect the realism of Harrison Ford also getting older.

Nevertheless though it has been nearly 20 years gone the formula for the movie remains the same – as always the world is on the edge of coming under the control of some great evil so Indy must seek out and prevent a great mysterious object from falling into evil’s hands. The object apparently the key to all knowledge and power on earth.

For the most part the movie is enjoyable … if you want to park your mind at the door. Things are too easy for Indy and at any time he is confronted by a challenge it is solved mere seconds later leaving you with a lack of any sort of suspense or cliff-hanger or even a desire to find out what happens next. Unfortunately it ends up being a little predictable and corny and what’s up with the bizzare conclusion. Seriously. What were the writers/producers thinking? I was looking for something a little cleverer, a little more creative, a little .. well more!