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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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Reviews Counted:58

Fresh:49

Rotten:9

Average Rating:7.2/10

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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Moments like the collapsing bridge, the mine cart ride, and the cave full of bugs are as thrilling or more so than anything in the first movie.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/26/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Part of the trouble is that anything clearly does go, including the slender hold on credibility that Raiders managed to maintain.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

From our perspective it is still a very good piece of Hollywood entertainment, much superior to the more recent examples of same genre.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

See website for more details.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
03/10/08
Rory L. Aronsky
Rory L. Aronsky
Screen It!

Yes, Temple of Doom still stinks -- save that spectacular opening Shanghai nightclub scene.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment 8 Comments
04/25/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

A nonstop ride of chills and thrills

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
07/23/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

In retrospect, there's something hateful about this picture that's energizing. It's a f**ked Freudian funhouse of freakishly personal divorce anxiety.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
01/20/04
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

It lacks the sense of detail that made Raiders such a treat. It isn't very clever, very funny or very compelling.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment 1 Comment
05/22/08
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

If it was a sign of the times for Indiana Jones to take on more of a comic-book aspect, the film's accomodation of darker themes and explicit imagery came as something of a shock to many.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
05/14/08
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Too shapeless to be the fun that Raiders is, but shape may be beside the point. Old- time, 15-part movie serials didn't have shape. The just went on and on and on, which is what Indiana Jones does with humor and technical invention.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Set years before the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is sillier, darkly violent and a bit dumbed down, but still great fun.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
12/28/06
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Seems to forgo characterization and plot development in favor of action sequences that don't necessarily feature as much exciting action as in its predecessor.

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01/01/00
Matt Easterbrook
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews

The kind of movie where your date is always grabbing your forearm in a viselike grip, as unbearable excitement unfolds on the screen. After the movie is over, you've had a great time but your arm is black-and-blue for a week.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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...it's cathartic as hell, for Spielberg and for those of us who go for the ride. The mayhem is transporting, inspired, exultant...

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
11/07/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

The reality is that this is the film that comes closest to reflecting the racism, sexism and jingoism that fuelled most of the serials that originally sparked Spielberg and George Lucas's impressionable young imaginations.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
05/21/08
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

Where the brilliant "Raiders" was an adventure film aimed at the child at heart, "Temple of Doom" is really designed for the kiddie market itself.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
05/21/08
Brian Holcomb
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com

The film betrays no human impulse higher than that of a ten-year-old boy trying to gross out his baby sister by dangling a dead worm in her face.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 11 Comments
05/05/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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It’s an extremely well-crafted, exciting, and, most importantly, brave work.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
11/04/03
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

An unforgettable picture. Don't miss it!

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

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

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment 5 Comments
05/07/08
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
 
 
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