Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) – Harrison Ford

This is the fourth movie in the series, which was made much later than the others, so here Indy and his girlfriend are quite aged, and they already have a grown son.

I rate this movie as OK, but almost reluctantly, because while it begins quite strongly, the back end is very weak. The first half hour, and even the first whole hour is mostly good with concise entertainment value; but the remainder of the movie is terribly dull, lacking plot and barely changing scene or concept at all. So I rate this movie as OK on the merit of its strong opening, and considering that most movies are not two hours long like this one is; but be warned, the last half of the movie is worthy of a Watchable rating at best – it’s quite untidy and all over the place, and nowhere near as fun as the first half hour which is packed with all kinds of interesting scenes.

If you enjoyed this movie in spite of its shortcomings, you’ll be pleased to know there is yet another sequel, released much later still, called Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) featuring Antonio Banderas, although the bad news is, that movie is much poorer than than this one.