Action Extravaganza

Rating: Null/10 (4 December 2000)

Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981) is a high spirited adventure flick with a multiple supply of cliffhangers. Has to be one of the best films by Steven Speilberg besides Jaws(1975) and E.T.(1982). Tom Sellect was originally chosen to play Indiana Jones but decided on starring in a TV show so Harrison Ford got the part instead. I'm actually glad that it was Harrison Ford and not Tom Sellect who got the role. The climax of Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981) is a cross between The Devil Rides out(1967) and Quatermass & the Pit(1967). Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action classic that has been repeated but not surpassed.