Fun adventure

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2005)

Great adventurous fun. That's a good phrase to describe 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.
You can see it straight from the beginning, that Geroge Lucas had his hands in the making of the movie. The basic storyline has so many similarities with 'Star Wars' . High speed adventures, characters getting in trouble, comedic sidekicks. But there similarities end, world wise I mean. ROTLA is based in late 30ies and obviously 'Star Wars' is not. oh, and director of this movie, like every Indiana Jones flick, is Steven Spielberg.
Shortly put, plot is this: Nazi's are looking religious artifact, and now they have their keen little eye on the ark of the covenant. That must be stopped, so U.S. government hires Indiana Jones to find the ark before Nazi's do. so twist and turns and adventure and couple of fights in they way.
Harrison Ford is extremely credible as Henry Jones, a professor of archeology by day and adventurous relic hunter by, well every time he's not in front of his class.
Karen Allen plays Marion Ravenwood, an old girlfriend of Indy's, now living in Nepal, running a small tavern.
Davies Rhys Jones does good, fun part as a more comedic Egyptian digger, who helps Indy in the search of the ark.
And lastly Paul Freeman (Belloq) and Ronald Lacy (Major Toht), the two bad guys of the plot, bot seeking the ark for Adolf Hitler.
So, if you like fun adventure, this one is for you. I really can recommend it.