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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Movie Review

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In my old estate, every Christmas and Easter the housing committee would get together and screen a movie on the lawn outside the main community area and the most request shows were Superman, Star Wars and surpassing these two franchises, was Indiana Jones. At that time there was only the first one, and later on the second out of the four, and the first one, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is still the gold standard by which I measure all other action adventure movies. In fact, it ranks as one of my all time favorites. Raiders was a classic movie with the just the right combination of amazing action, good plot, chemistry, comic timing and just a dash of romance with plenty of interesting locations and a rousing soundtrack. If a movie could be perfect, Raider was the closest, and I always enjoying any making of Raiders documentary too. Many have tried, but none come close to matching it, even with modern CGI and new actors. So whilst the last outing was not really memorable, the Kingdom of the