The best of the now Quadrilogy! ***** out of ***** (a rare 5-star review)

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2009)

'The Last Crusade' came 5 years after the Dark, Overblown and slightly inferior 'Temple of Doom' and ends up being the best of the now 4 Films to date. The masterstroke in this sequel was the inclusion of Sean Connery as Indy's crotchety Father and there ends up great witty dialogue between the two. The quest this time is the search for the Holy Grail and Indy is reunited with old bumbling friend Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) who was missing from the last Film & is also joined by old enemies...Yes, The Nazi's along with an American collector (John Glover) The action is on an epic scale and is delivered with a huge amount of enthusiasm by Spielberg..
P.S. The beginning has a great sequence which has the late River Phoenix portraying Indy as a Teenager and explains Indy's fear of snakes and the scar on his chin.
***** out of *****