Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – Budget of $295 million – 2 hours and 34 minutes
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Indiana Jones and Basil Shaw battle the Nazis to recover the Lance of Longinus on a Nazi plunder train. However, Jones and the Nazi astrophysicist Jürgen Voller discover the artifact is fake. Among the train relics, Voller found Antikythera, a mechanism to locate fissures in time. Jones and Shaw battle Voller on the train and steal the Antikythera from Voller. Then, they jump in the water to avoid a train derailment. Shaw is happy to have the device, but Jones knows they only have half of it.
Indiana Jones teaches his last class and retires. He goes to the local pub to celebrate, and a student sits beside him. He doesn’t recognize her immediately until she tells Jones her name: Helena Shaw. She is Basil’s daughter and Jones’s goddaughter. She wants to know more about the relic and its current location. Helena read her father’s journals. She believes Basil knew where to find the other half. Jones takes Helena to the school’s archives and removes the machine from a hidden drawer. Helena beams. She knew Jones would never destroy it, as Basil requested. Indiana doesn’t know why Helena wants it. When CIA operatives distract Jones, Helena grabs the Dial and runs away.
The operatives work for Voller, who now hides as a NASA scientist on the recently successful Apollo 11 project. They murder Jones’s former co-worker but can’t find Helena. Jones returns to his old office to find the co-worker dead on the floor. The operatives report Jones as the killer and tell Voller that Helena has the Dial. Voller tells them to forget the White House celebration and locate Helena and Jones. Jones tries to call for help after discovering his co-worker’s body, but an operative stops and grabs Jones. Jones manipulates the Apollo parade to escape and runs to Sallah for assistance. Sallah uncovered that Helena isn’t a student. She is a grifter who sells historical artifacts on the black market. Jones must find Helena and the Dial before Voller finds them.
This review will feel disjointed because the action is missing to remove spoilers. And there are plenty of death-defying escapes, near misses, and falling debris to satisfy new and long-time Indiana Jones fans (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). The movie nods to the original but doesn’t alienate new viewers. A glance at Wikipedia will put you in the know. Helena is brilliant, but she isn’t an archeologist. She is a woman driven by money with a young pickpocket, Teddy, at her side. Helena gets out of situations with her wit as her father and godfather did. While she displays a careless exterior, Jones sees her passion for history and Basil’s legacy. Jones is a hero without a purpose. He needs this mission to remember the man he wants to be. This new installment has a temporal plot. But it’s not the film’s focus. The storyline is about the hunt, not time travel. This movie does not disappoint established fans and opens the imagination of new ones. Audiences should see this movie on the big screen and fall in love for the first time or all over again.
I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars
Private Brandy, reporting for duty – Helena
I need to do this – Indiana Jones
They look like snakes – Teddy
You didn’t win the war – Voller
I have a daughter – Basil
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