Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?

Rating: Null/10 (14 March 2000)

The definitive adventure film. Its Over the top and plays almost like a comic book or a hardy boys book at times. It has the right mix of puzzles and intrigue with Action, car chases, shoot outs and fun. There are deaths and dead bodies in the film but even these are so theatrical that they aren't shocking or disturbing. It makes you jump, it makes you laugh. I like films where you don't have to concentrate too hard, where you can sit back and enjoy the adventure. Every little boys fantasy on screen. The characters are almost caricatures, Indy, with the hat and the bull whip, Marion beats any "Bond girl" hands down and the Nazi wears a knee length Black leather jacket and sinister black gloves and little glasses even in the desert. I loved it. All three Jones films are good but this is where it all started.