...makes you wonder if Spielberg and series producer George Lucas might have been going through some sort of drug phase.

While The Temple of Doom is a bit gloomy, puts children in danger, and confines its action primarily to one spot, it's still quite entertaining.

A breakneck adventure that moves at twice the pace of the original but has only half the creative strength.

Fantastically choreographed action sequences and another comely companion for Indy (Capshaw) and gloriously overdone visual devices make up for the shameless lack of plot.

Though not as thrilling as Raiders of the Lost Ark, the second chapter still has merits, particularly its fast pacing, spectacular opening scene, and visual effects, which won the Oscars in 1984.

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darker indiana, still grand

...it's cathartic as hell, for Spielberg and for those of us who go for the ride. The mayhem is transporting, inspired, exultant...