Very enjoyable adventure... but best action film ever?? Nope, sorry.

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2011)

I've seen this film countless times and I'm always waiting for that great revelation which jumps at me and screams AMAAAAZING FILM!!! Alas that has yet to happen. Oh it's an enjoyable romp but I'm always teetering between a 9/10 and a 10/10. I guess 9.5/10 is the ideal score for it. And is it crazy that I find UNDER SIEGE 2 more entertaining than this film? Crazy, I know. But anyhoo Harrison Ford is fantastic here and Karen Allen is equally amazing - those two have incredible chemistry! The supporting cast is also great - heck, Paul Freeman eats a fly and then even lets his head explode - what a trooper! Ronald Lacey's face-melt still registers after all these years as well. John-Rhys Davies as Sallah is a great ally - "Asps. Very Dangerous. You go first". The action scenes are all great as well. But the real star here is John Williams - you just can't tire of listening to his "Raiders March" and "Map Room" - music of the gods if you ask me. And yet it's still LAST CRUSADE that is the really amazing Indy film for me. Ford and Connery. Indy and Bond together. Enough said. But RAIDERS is solid in its own right. Just not quite on the level of CRUSADE.