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Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth
Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (1984) *
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth
I suppose that it’s only fitting that arguably the greatest adventure film of all time would be followed by the most disappointing sequel of all time. The characters are horrible, but how could they be anything but with a script that still serves as an embarrassment to Spielberg’s career to this day? The acting is abhorrent and the dialog is unintentionally funny, which is the only source of amusement, since the legitimate attempts at humor are flatter than a Montana highway.
Harrison Ford is back as the famous archeologist, Indiana Jones, but instead of the exciting jungle scene that the original started out with, this film opens with a cheap rip-off of a James Bond scene. This time out, Indy is teamed with an incredibly irritating and offensive character of an Asian boy with the ridiculous name of Short Round. They are soon joined by a diva nightclub singer played by Kate Capshaw whose screaming is only surpassed in aggravation by her terrible performance. She met the married Spielberg on this movie and five years later she was his wife. Maybe that explains how she got and hung on to this role. Anyway, the film is set in India and has the trio searching for a village’s mysterious missing gem. Yawn. The movie starts out weak and, unbelievably, only gets worse as it goes on.
The Temple of Doom is an insult to Indiana Jones’ earlier masterpiece and a regrettable viewing experience that is only likely to be enjoyed in the company of your most sarcastic friends.
