Last Crusade is another blockbuster masterpiece...JUST.

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2008)

By the third film, you can see that Temple Of Doom was a departure and that this plot was the same structure as Raiders which is no bad thing at all when you consider that the casting of Sean Connery as Doctor Jone's father was a stroke of genius. It also gave the screen writers more material to elaborate on the characters of both Indy and Henry as they fight the Nazis in a race for the Holy Grail.
There are welcome returns for Sallah and Marcus Brody, as well as new characters like Walter Donovan and Indy's love/hate interest Dr. Elisa Schneider. The action sequences at the start of this film are a bit flat on the circus train and are trying too hard to be light hearted, but the Venice speed boat chase and the fight between Indy and the SS Nazi on the huge battle tank more than compensates. Sean Connery is excellent as Dr. Henry Jones, playing him with the correct wit and sense of humour and interacts marvellously with Harrison Ford. The sun sets on a fabulous third adventure, sadly George Lucas just could not leave things be.