True Heroes Wear a Hat and Carry a Whip

Rating: 10/10 (4 February 2019)

If the concept of adventure were a man, his name would be Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), and that's what this film is, its an adventure plain and simple. Ford fully encapsulates the idea of the action hero without descending into either the muscle bound strongman or the camp geek traps. Raiders of the Lost Ark plays like an adventure serial condensed into a single narrative, combining elements of Western action with an archaeological edge that would make games like Tomb Raider and Uncharted popular in the 90s and 00s. But what makes this movie work is the comic satire surrounding Ford's character, as though the film is making fun of itself as it goes along, and its that style of cinematic comedy which makes it one of the most watchable action adventures of all time.