"DON'T call me Junior!"

Rating: 9/10 (8 April 2020)

I remember going to see Indy's third film back in 1989 at the theatre with my father. Funny enough a good buddy and next door neighbour Scott was there with his own father right behind us. We both loved this movie in what we thought at the time was the final installment in the amazing Indiana Jones series.
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford playing one of his greatest roles) this time is hired by Walter Donovan (Julian Glover) to find the Cup of Christ or the Holy Grail only to find out his father (Sean Connery) is missing and was originally hired for this mission.
Both Denholm Elliott and John Rhys-Davies return as Brody and Sallah after being absent in the previous film. They do both some nice flavour and known allies to fight with Indy. To me Connery is perfectly cast as Indy's father. Ford and Connery together are great and really make this film move so well.
Once again directed by Steven Spielberg who does a great job in creating a wonderful further adventure for Indiana Jones. Written by Jeffrey Boam and based on a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. John Williams once again brings a terrific score.
Now I must say of all the films that George Lucas made that came with incredible wait, wonder and perhaps receiving feedback from previous entries this is to me the only one that he did hit a homerun on. I found STAR WARS parts I through III to yes get better as they went along, but extremely disappointing. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL was while good and hit the mark for being worth a watch it was totally disappointing when put up against the previous three films. This entry is I would say the funniest or the silliest of the Indy films, but both Spielberg and Lucas wanted to make that kind of film after feedback from the ultra-dark INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (which I loved, but also understand you can not and should not stay in dark territory for a franchise like Indy).
The late-great River Phoenix also plays the young Indiana Jones at the beginning of the film. I thought he was great in the role as he really is acting like Harrison Ford would. He is after a crucifix that was owned by Coronado. It is quite funny to me because the villain played by Paul Maxwell eerily looks like Guy Caballero from SCTV.
So, if you are reading this and have never seen this film please start at RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and go through them in order. If you have and in the very least enjoyed RAIDERS you should certainly enjoy this adventure.