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INDIANA
JONES
AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Originally Released
May 23, 1984
Starring: Harrison
Ford
Actors: Kate
Capshaw Quan
Ke Huy Amrish
Puri
Director: Steven
Spielberg
Producer: Robert Watts
Screenplay: William Huyck and Gloria Katz
Rated: PG
Run Length: 118 min
Review By Peter Veugelaers ©2009

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is
about a resurrected cult from India called the Thugee (with a
fearsome looking charismatic leader called Mola Ram, played with
glee by staple villain actor Amrish Puri) staging underground a
palace called Pankot human sacrifices to the Kali idol while
enslaving children to search for missing stones in the catacombs in
which five together could make the cult all powerful over the
country...more
Review By John Barker
- Take a pot shot but be warned.
This is, contrary to public opinion, not a sequel to Raiders of
the Lost Ark but in fact a prequel. This film is probably the
weakest of the series on both the entertainment and plotting fronts.
But it is still better than most adventure yarns that are around
today and the creative duo of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas
still manage to come up with some wildly exiting action scenes...more
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