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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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Reviews Counted:53

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Rotten:30

Average Rating:3.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Filmmaker Steven Spielberg returns as director for this rip-roaring prequel to 1981's smash hit RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Here dashing, whip-wielding archaeologist-adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison... Filmmaker Steven Spielberg returns as director for this rip-roaring prequel to 1981's smash hit RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Here dashing, whip-wielding archaeologist-adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is joined by comely chanteuse Willie (Kate Capshaw) and a 12-year-old sidekick named Short Round (Ke Huy Quan). Together they search for a mystical stone stolen from an Indian community and stumble upon a dangerous Thuggee cult. Exotic locales, wild chases, death-defying cliffhangers, last-minute rescues, screaming damsels, and tribal sacrifices are the order of the day as the threesome attempt to acquire the stolen stone. A few scenes originally planned for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK showed up in INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM--most notably the mine chase sequence, which was part of the 80 percent of TEMPLE OF DOOM shot on a soundstage. After the film's release, the MPAA's Classification & Ratings Board created a new rating--PG-13. Spielberg cast actress Kate Capshaw, who would later become his real-life wife, for the film. [More]

Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri

Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone

Director: Steven Spielberg

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Story: George Lucas
Producer: Robert Watts
Composer: John Williams

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Give the second movie a second chance

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05/22/08
Matt Anderson
Matt Anderson
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Just like the Thuggees took the magic rocks from a humble Indian village, the producers of this Temple of Doom DVD reissue made off with all the good extras.

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Lee Tistaert
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...they generated most of the excitement this time from a sequence of gross-out gags and several exhilarating stunts. (2008 reissued edition)

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