Spielberg should sue

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 2001)

Might be entertaining for a younger generation, but anyone familiar with the "Raiders" trilogy will find this film derivative to the point of absurdity. The tongue-in-cheek Spielberg homage of the first film here collapses into outright plagiarism, plundering everything from car chases to shot setups, and almost all of Act 3. The whole thing feels hastily written and produced, with a nice story idea too hastily shunted aside to make way for special effects that are surprisingly below par  all no doubt driven by an obsessive desire to get this film to market before the euphoria induced by its predecessor wears off. Good business logic, but the result is a crap film. So don't waste your time. Stay home and watch the Raiders trilogy instead. It's all be done before, and done better.