Rusty Sheriff's Badge.

Rating: 5/10 (7 June 2006)

Where was the character development you got with Indiana Jones; the movies which basically serve as a template for this effort?? This had none of the charm - or let's face it, outright coolness of Indy - it was basically a by-the-numbers, pieces-of-the-puzzle lurch from one set-piece to another. All the requisite hero-helpers get barely a decent line between them; there's nowhere near enough 'polish' on the script...
Also, I don't go to an adventure movie to be thrown some half-baked facsimile of history that can be distorted spectacularly according to the needs of an outlandish but mechanical plot. If actual events aren't interesting enough, then don't invent your own substandard reality. As big a spectacle as this was surely designed to be needs a heck of a lot more kinetic thrills, rather than just expect us to be satisfied by staring at dusty old logbooks full of inane contrivances. The sum total of what transpires left me feeling a little unsatisfied. Ho-hum; roll on Indy 4, begone National Treasure 2...