From the original trilogy, it is said that this is the movie by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and if so, is not without reason. After a somber "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" where the protagonist was more of a role of a hero than an archaeologist, it seems that Lucas and Spielberg again found inspiration to make what can be considered the true sequel to "Raiders of the Ark Lost, "it repeats its main elements: Indy contestants are Nazis, the object of pursuit is a religious artifact and the characters reappear Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) and Dr. Marcus Brody (Elliott Denholm).
In this third episode there is some news. Besides the presence of the father of Indy, we learn that his mother died of a disease and most unusual, we know his real name, Henry Jones Junior, and that 'Indian' was the name of a family dog. (In fact, 'Indiana' was a pet dog of George Lucas).
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" has a start reminiscent of the first film, with a kind of short film which depicts a young Indiana trying to prevent the theft of the cross of Coronado. After much running (which includes scenes in a busy train), Indy manages to stay with the object, but soon faces the disappointment of the police in doing so give the cross to thieves. At the end of this scene, his father comes back without giving too much importance to his discovery, preferring to stay focused on job entries at your table. Hence, a cut very well done Indy appears as an adult, a new confrontation by the cross in a storm that befalls the ship and this time, finally, achieving the object, then return to his post as professor of archeology.
Still recalling the first movie, the screenplay by Jeffrey Boam argument based on George Lucas and Menno Meyjes based on characters created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman shows Indy in class, while, at the end of the class is sought by businessman Walter Donovan (Julian Glover) to seek the Holy Grail, the chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper. Then he discovers that his father was captured by Nazis in the search for the Holy Grail, and Walter invites you to take the research design that was led by his father.
Donovan has to Indy the first clue that leads him to Venice where he also guards the secret of the Holy Grail, trying to prevent you from moving forward in the search. When Indy finally rescues his father from the Nazis opened the search for two by the cup, adventure that will go through several interesting places and involve them in many situations and dangerous people (the scene where Indy comes face to face with none other than Adolf Hitler is hilarious).
The appearance of Indiana's father, Henry Jones (Sean Connery) has just expanding the universe of the protagonist. The chemistry between Ford and Connery as father and son is perfect rendering excellent comedy routines. Another good balcony was the introduction of the movie where we are introduced to Indiana Jones in the skin of juvenile jurisdiction River Phoenix. This mini home movie showing how he won the whip, the hat and the fear of snakes.
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is fun, busy and has a great technical part. The direction agile and inspired Steven Spielberg to help mount Michael Kahn to give rhythm to the film's 127 minutes. Moreover, the photograph of Douglas Slocombe and the impressive art direction by Fred Hole, Stephen Scott, Peter Howitt, Elliot Scott makes the film a feast for the eyes. The action scenes and the final in a temple carved into the rock complete this great movie that marked the end of the 80s.
