Indiana Jones is back

FROM the opening theme music an Indiana Jones movie always offers plenty of excitement.

The fourth Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was released on Thursday and comes almost 20 years after The Last Crusade. The film also showed at this year’s Cannes film festival.

It was the second film Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom that I watched in the cinema as a youngster. I remember being mesmerised by the movie and recall my friend, who I took with me, could not watch the scene in the vaults of the Temple.

I watched Raiders of the Last Ark and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade on television and think they are as good, if not better.

Some critics have questioned the decision to bring back the franchise, arguing that Harrison Ford, who is 64, is now too old, but I would have to disagree. These are the films that a younger audience deserves to see at the cinema. They are blockbuster movies, which should be seen on the big screen.

So what can audiences expect in the new Indiana Jones movie? Unfortunately very little information was released about the plot before its release and director, Steven Spielberg, and producer George Lucas kept tight-lipped.

But what is known is that the action is set in 1957, and the bad guys are Russian and the quest is a crystal skull.

Will Lucas and Spielberg be able to recreate the magic?