Thursday, June 29, 2023
Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny
Indy is back! Go get ‘em, Indy! It’s more fun & adventure while hunting for artifacts, visiting ruins/tombs, solving puzzles, & of course, avoiding the Nazis. It’s “Back to the Future” meets “It’s About Time” when the Antikythera (Dial of Destiny) is the MacGuffin plot device connecting 1944, 1969, & 212 BC in this 5th film of the famed franchise. Watching the previous films isn’t absolutely necessary but many nostalgic memory moments are imbedded into this storyline. John Williams’ rousing Indy score just punctuates & excited the thrilling chase scenes. The show starts off in the de-aged last days of the Hitler’s reign. There are familiar old faces & some new faces: Helena (cash driven Goddaughter, Phoebe Waller-Bridge), Teddy (Helena’s pickpocket accomplice & Short Round reminiscent), Jürgen Voller (German astrophysicist, Mads Mikkelsen), & Mason (US government agent with that black exploitation era vibe). Time is a fitting theme with the aging Henry Jones Jr/Harrison Ford & likely last Indy appearance. Indy has lost his son, Mutt, causing his separation /divorce from his wife, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) & he retires as à university professor. Will Indy die & pass on the torch to another? Will he ride off into the sunset? Will he find peace & happiness with what he has chased all of his life? It’s another thrill ride adventure with fun characters in a battle between good & evil.
Alien gives it 3½ “Eureka! Archimedes’ fissures in time” stars out of 4.
