The fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series doesn't fail to live up to the hype.
It may have been 19 years since we last saw the whip-wielding archaeolgist on the big screen, but Harrison Ford has lost none of the charisma and wit than he had nearly two decades ago as the snake-fearing Indy.
Click here to view Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailerThe action is updated to 1957 to show how time has passed for our favourite hero, and we're introduced to a new sidekick (not quite as much fun as Short Round), in the form of young greaser Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf), who provides plenty of 'Grandad' jokes for us to laugh at as well as proving he could be a worthy contender for a 'new' Indy.
There's also a welcome return from Indy's oldest flame Marion Ravenwood from Raiders Of The Lost Ark, who it's nice to see back in the frame.
The Cold War brings us the Russian baddies led by mind-control expert Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) with a fantastic Russian accent, who force Indy and his mate Mac (Ray Winstone) to identify a crate they helped unearth ten years ago - with something eerie inside it.
After a lot of usual Indy antics, and the notorius red-line on a map that no Indiana Jones film could be without, we end up at a fabled lost city deep in the Amazon, once sought by Indy's colleague Professor Oxley (John Hurt)- and the hunt for the Crystal Skull begins.
It's amazing to see Ford being able to pull off the one-liners as well as he did 19 years ago, and it was a role he was almost born to play.
Indiana Jones films are never supposed to be very realistic, with elborate labyrinthne sets and booby traps, but the sci-fi edge that this latest film has is slightly alien to the formula we have come to know and love.
There are more funny one-liners that are an expected part of these films, some unbelievable moments - where Indy escapes a nuclear blast unscathed, and a classic snake moment involving quick sand.
The same humour as was in the first three films is still very much alive.
Right up until the end I would say this film is a piece of Indiana Jones gold, but then George Lucas' influence can be seen a mile off, and it's worse than poor.
Aside from an extremely bad and ill-fitting ending, this film can fit snugly alongside the earlier Indiana Jones trilogy where it belongs.
I'm still hoping there's more Indy left in Ford and my fingers are firmly crossed for a fifth film.
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