The film gets right to the chase pretty quickly, within the first ten minutes Indiana Jones is unveiled and is already being uncooperative towards the Communists. Soon the action picks up and an inside joke is unveiled. Indiana Jones crashes a truck through a bunch of crates in Area 51 (the place with all the crates in the first movie) one of the crates he crashes through shows part of the Ark of the Covenant.
Shia Labeouf does a good job acting as well. Lots of critics thought he was just a normal boring character. But to me, a normal person, I thought he was pretty funny as Mutt Williams the 50's style punk. The dialogue between Ford and Labeouf was also pretty funny.
Lots of the things people loved are still in it. Exciting chases, fights, and temple traps. There is even a supernatural rescue. The badguys aren't Nazis but they're still evil and big at the set time.
They also did a good job of incorporating a ton of things that were important to the 1950's. They had everyone's fear of the Soviet Union, everyone's fear of atomic bombs, and, of course, everyone's fear of (stop reading if you want the plot kept a secret) aliens. When the Soviet Union lady asks Jones if he has any defiant last words he replies, "I like Ike."
And to those who are fans of the series, don't worry, the Wilhelm Scream is still a part of the Indiana Jones movies! When Indiana Jones and long lost son are riding through a library on a motorcycle they knock some guy over and he lets out a Wilhelm. Aoooughhahh!
If your looking for a fun film that isn't as gruesome as the first three this would be a good one. Just remember, if you don't watch this one then the Communists win!
No one's calling him "Junior"
A+
