The latest installment in the Indiana Jones franchise serves as Harrison Ford’s final bow as the adventurous archeologist.
Premiering at the Canne Film Festival, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is the 5th installment in the franchise. Starring Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Helena, Mads Mikkelson as Dr. Voller, Jonathan Rhys-Davies as Salla, Boyd Holbrook as Klaber, Toby Jones as Basil Shaw, Olivier Richters as Hauke, Shaunette Renéee Wilson as Mason, and Ethan Isidore as Teddy.
The film is directed by James Mangold (Ford V. Ferrari, Logan) and is the longest film in the franchise at 2 hours and 24 minutes.
The official plot for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is:
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
The film utilized the de-aging technology in its flashback scene, showing a younger Indy and his brush with the famed dial while meeting the film’s antagonist, Dr. Voller. The de-aging isn’t perfect, but it was pretty great to see a younger Indy on a train dodging and punching Nazis again. These scenes helped set up the story and gave the movie that familiar feeling to the original films.
It’s always fun to see Indy go on another globe-trotting adventure, but there are many storylines to explore, including the introduction of Helena and how she fits into the puzzle. Helena has her own agenda therefore she’s not exactly helping Indy in obtaining the Dial. At times, it felt like the character hindered the story rather than help move it forward.
The movie is fun to watch and follows the usual Indy beats, but at 2 hours and 24 minutes, it stalled in parts while never completing certain storylines.
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