After the recent disappointment of 2008's anaemic Indiana Jones and the Stupidly Long Title (aka Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls), I thought I'd revisit the original trilogy to remind me about what the films so great, and what makes Indy such an iconic figure who deserves better than a luke-warm new adventure. A tribute to the old RKO serials of the 40s and 50s, Raiders is, pure and simple, a fun movie that can be watched and re-watched dozens of times and enjoyed just as much every time. It's a blast of non-stop action, spectacular stunts, hi-octane thrills and fun one-liners. The plot is a load of old rubbish. It sees our hero flying off to various ...  Read the complete review

I first saw this film when I was 4, and it has never ceased to entertain me in all the years since! From the first scene to the last, Raiders of the Lost Ark is perfect action adventure film. I could finish there, but I won't. Raiders of the lost Ark represented the first collaboration of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, both of whom were looking for new ideas at the time. Lucas wanted to get away from Star Wars, and Spielberg's previous film had proved a bit of a flop. Lucas originally came up with the idea for 'Indiana Smith', but chaged the name deciding it was too boring. He gave the job of directing to Spielberg. The starring role went to Harrison Ford, who ...  Read the complete review

Raiders of the Last Ark is one of the best action adventure films ever made, and is a timeless classic. It is a film that will entertain audiences both young and old, delivering exhilarating action and a steely, hilarious lead performance from the legendary Harrison Ford. While the film is refreshingly unpretentious, it is also a mild satire and reconfiguration of the fairly hokey adventure stories from the decades previous. It combines this with a pulpy sense of gallows humour that really connected with audience, while not being dark enough to cloud the picture. Through and through, this is a gleeful rollercoaster of a film, depicting our protagonist, Dr. ...  Read the complete review

Having seen all the Indiana Jones movies I struggle to pick my best one as they are all pretty good in their own way. This was the first in the series of films released in 1981. It is a fantastic adventure movie starring Harrison Ford in the main role and directed by Steven Speilberg. With a combination like that it's hard to go too far wrong. Harrison Ford plays Indiana Jones and for me this is the role he's played in his career that has suited him the best and is probably his more famous. He is a professor of archaeology who is very passionate about his field of expertise. By day he teaches at the university wearing his tweed suit and looking every inch a ...  Read the complete review

George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg are perhaps two of the most influential directors in modern movie history. George Lucas, with such classics as the Star Wars trilogy, and Spielberg with innumerable classics such as Jaws, ET, etc. have perfected their directing styles with many blockbuster movies. In a move that promised much the two collaborated on a movie that mixed several genres together; sci-fi, romance, action-adventure, swashbuckler. comedy and horror are all entwined together to produce a compelling genre of their own. The collaboration brought about one of the most important movies of the early eighties and catapulted Harrison Ford into ...  Read the complete review