You want to be a good archaeologist, you've got to get out of the library. Indiana JonesFor all its hype and promise, in the end I simply wasn't all that impressed with the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series. Harrison Ford would have been wise to keep his fedora hanging in the closet where it belonged.
What I liked about this movie: the beginning. When the film first started, we find out we're in Nevada in 1957, during the hype of the Cold War. The enemies are no longer Nazi's, but Communists. Already it seems Indy is back to his old tricks getting into trouble.
However, after an initial showdown in a warehouse, the movie takes a turn for the slow. There isn't too much that can be said without giving away key plot points. In my opinion, way too much of Mutt Williams, Shia LaBeouf, and not enough Indy. At one point there was a car chase that seemed to drag on forever - that could have easily been cut down nicely.
All in all, not an awful movie, but not what I would expect. Furthermore, a few of the sets seemed to be recycled from some of George Lucas' and Stephen Speilberg's more, ahem, well known films.
2.5 stars out of 5
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