Why do you search for the cup of Christ?

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2015)

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas rediscover the magic of the original that was largely missing in the (still excellent) second chapter in this winning final installment of the Indiana Jones trilogy (forget about Kingdom of the Nuked Fridge).
Indy is on a mission to rescue his father from the Nazis and stop them from finding the Holy Grail. On the way he'll need to negotiate a sewer full of rats (and petroleum), run away from the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword, sleep with an evil (but hot) Nazi, impersonate a ticket inspector on a blimp, and as usual, do pretty much anything apart from archaeology. His main opponent here is Donovan, an evil collector obsessed with the grail legend.
Harrison Ford returns to reprise his iconic role, and is joined by Sean Connery (Henry Jones), fresh off an Oscar win for the Untouchables, and former Bond villain Julian Glover (Donavan!), with Denholm Elliott making a welcome return as Marcus Brody after missing Temple of Doom. Alison Doody is also OK as the ill fated Elsa, easily the most interesting character of the female love interests in the three films. Doody wasn't much of an actress, but at least she's Irish.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the only one I saw in the cinemas, and as an 8 year old, I was very excited. It has some great lines ("I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers" "Do you call this archaeology?" "Don't call me Junior!" "Ahhh does anyone here speak English?") some great action set pieces and a fun cracking script that moves the story along at pace. It borrows many elements from the first film, adds some bells and whistles, and produces a fitting final chapter to a rightfully beloved trilogy. Now if only we could wipe the fourth one for existence...