Adventure has a name...

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2002)

Just as the old tagline said, adventure and Indiana Jones are synonymous, and rightly so. Indy's first, and greatest adventure is chronicled here in 1981's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, a true classic and a masterpiece of adventure cinema.
In a time when action in movies is like butter on popcorn, Raiders Of The Lost Ark shows just how electrifying it can be when done right. Action sequences in this movie include a massive gun battle inside of a burning tavern, a wild game of cat and mouse through downtown Cairo, an intense car chase over a jagged mountaintop, and, of course, the legendary run away from that huge boulder.
This movie is the top of a lot of categories. It is the best action movie ever made. Steven Spielberg's best movie. And, above all, it is the greatest adventure ever to be put on screen.
(****/****)