The greatest "Indiana Jones" sequel

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2012)

I've always personally considered Steven Spielberg's 1989 blockbuster "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" to be the greatest sequel in the "Indiana Jones" series of films. It has the greatest charm, action sequences, special effects, and story of all the entries in the four-film series, after the first movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). In this third entry, two-fisted globe-trotting archaeologist and adventure Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is once again racing against the Nazis for possession of an ancient religious artifact; this time it's the Holy Grail. And Jones is also bringing along his father, Professor Henry Jones (Sean Connery). Like its predecessor, the film's strength lies in its action sequences and charm, but there's also a much stronger emphasis on characterization, provided largely by the great interactions between co-stars Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. Spielberg's movies have always had a theme on the shaky relationships between fathers and their children, and this film plays on the strained relationship between Indiana Jones and his cantankerous father Henry Sr. It's a great dynamic that fuels the best and most impressive action sequences during "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
10/10