True Escapism

Rating: 8/10 (29 October 2005)

This is a violent film. Like the other two in the trilogy, it is not for children. But for adults (OK, teens too, unfortunately) it is colorful and extremely entertaining, just the thing for cold dreary winters here in the Pacific Northwest.
I join other reviewers who note that the return to more familiar geographic and historical territory is welcome. The Temple of Doom catastrophe had to be done simply to capture the Asian market, with more familiar myths perhaps. A mistake in any case, as it had to be as insulting to the people of the East as it was to the people of the West.
The Last Crusade is great fun. The female interest is by far the best of the three so far. She is gorgeous and intellectually a match for "Indy", not the hostile ex-child or the screaming harrion of the first two films. One could see why Jones regretted losing her down the hole. Oh well, where was the earthquake when we needed it in "Temple"?