After nearly two decades apparently retired, the world's most famous archaeologist returns in good shape for the big screen. The "Crystal Skull" might not be a classic, but maintains the same carascterísticas the series and a bit more of action than has already been seen in other films.
After escaping from a small Russian battalion and an atomic explosion (Oh my God!), Jones finds himself pressured by the U.S. military not to go on his expeditions arqueológcas being fired by the university where he taught. At this time, finds the young Mutt, tough and smart young man, who tells him The story of the disappearance of an old friend of Jones, Prof. Oxley, while he sought the kingdom of El Dorado. The crystal skull that appears later and talk more dea threatens to spoil the story.
The important thing to know is that this is the "Indiana" most ambitious and Luke Spielbeg: Mess with sticks conspratórias legends (like Area 51) and has as main focus of the roadmap, extraterrestrial civilizations! The biggest asset of the adventure is to gather as many cliches and become a history worthy of the archaeologist. And also to break the taboo that all sequences are made in the last couple of times waste: a new adventure of Dr. Jones maintains the level of the series, although some things have been lost.
The only really significant flaw in this movie was the loss of a certain "magic" that you saw in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Last Crusade." It is difficult to express what was best in that loss, but if I could characterize it as something concrete, would use the example of the unforgettable friend of Jones, Sallah. The absence of this character does not destroy the plot, but leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, but being a charismatic character in the series. In this film lacks a certain innocence, where the archaeologist often awkward now looks like a determined man, unable to commit the slightest slip. Although not as blatant as in "The Temple of Doom" Indiana is more like a hero who is an archaeologist again. But again, this change was subtle.
The best feature of the series that has been faithfully portrayed in this room were long ... Lies! Now we all know that Indiana Jones could be anything, but without a sequence clearly untrue it's not Indiana Jones! And this time the "dynamic duo" Lucas / Spielberg picked up heavy: Indiana escapes on a rocket base 51 of military testing, survives a nuclear blast hiding in a refrigerator (!!!), have a jeep plunged into a ravine but this falls into a tree, which leans slightly and puts the Jeep into the waters of a river and finally to fall three times in a huge waterfall!
The performances were very convincing, but the whole merit lies with Cate Blanchett as the dreaded Russian agent Irina Spalko. No doubt she is the villain more mark the series, unlike other films where the villains almost always get through "erased". Another performance that deserves mention is the promising young Shia LaBeouf as Mutt fearless. They say that Spielberg has become a sort of mentor to the boy, and that is depositing all the chips in future professional goals. Oh, and finally, Harrison Ford brought a performance as good as the other films in the series, although I must repeat that he acted more like a "superhero" than as an archaeologist itself.
It is exciting to see a character gone for 18 years back in such great style. Anyway, it's a movie worthy of the series and a continuation excepecional since any result today is much lower than the original films (Star Wars say so!). So maybe we have an Indiana Jones 5 or 6? I hope so!!
