Lwait is over. Indiana Jones he put his hat back on for the latest chapter in the saga starring Harrison Fordpremiered at 76th Cannes Film Festival (in theaters June 28). The director James Mangold he took on his shoulders the burden of carrying on the adventures of the most beloved archaeologist in the history of cinema christened by Steven Spielberg.
After the disappointing The realm of the crystal skull he arrives Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny with new entries like Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) who often steals the show from Ford, Antonio Banderas in a small part, Toby Jones as an archaeologist friend of Indy e Mads Mikkelsenperfect in the role of a Nazi villain looking for an ingenious invention of Archimedes that makes time travel.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: the plot
The film opens with a long scene in which Indiana Jones appears in 1944, dealing with the Nazis as in the beautiful The Last Crusade, it seems that time has not passed, thanks to de-aging technology. Indy is on a train carrying art treasures belonging to Hitler, including the sacred spear that pierced Christ’s side and an invention of Archimedesto whose study Professor Shaw devoted a lifetime (Toby Jones). That invention could change the fate of the world forever, it has something magical, Shaw believes, even the power to travel through time. In an action scene, with Harrison Ford rejuvenated fans will rejoice.
The search for the quadrant leads into the 1969, complete with references to the moon landing. Dr Jones has just retired, but is drawn into a new mission by Shaw’s daughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), that he plans to sell Archimedes’ invention, half of which is in Indy’s possession. The addressee is the German Voller (Mads Mikkelsen)the one our hero with the hat had met on the train to Berlin in 1944. From here begins an adventure between New York, Athens, Syracuse and the Morocco in search of that magical artifact, which the villain of the moment wants to take possession of to return to 1939 and change history.
Indiana Jones 5: the review
During the opening credits of the film the applause of the audience of Cannes they are pouring. The wait was agonizing for this fifth chapter of Indiana Jones and above all the curiosity for the initial scene in which Harrison Ford appears magically rejuvenated, as if it came out of The Last Crusade. The effect is mind-blowing, it’s not perfect, but perfectible and this says a lot about the new potential of technology: who knows, one day we could see an Indy adventure with an “immortal” Ford.
Beyond the opening scene of 20 minutes, kick ass, by James Mangod, director of the appreciated Logan – The Wolverine, we expected more. Certainly this chapter exceeds the disappointing The realm of the crystal skull. The universe of Indy is disruptive on screen: there are his usual fears (for snakes), his tics, foibles, the whip and hunger for history and art, which will take him again to Italy (after Venice it’s Syracuse’s turn).
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Harrison Ford. (Lucasfilm)
The passing of time and the emotion of Harrison Ford
The Indiana Jones universe then expandsthe audience enters his past (what happened to his son and Marion?), and the advancing age is also the main theme of the film. At 80 years old, our Ford lacks for nothing, it’s not to retire, the whip the carousel still good, even if the tiredness is felt. “The crew had to deal with advancing age,” says the actor moved. What he wanted is a more irony and less action: in this spasmodic search for the Archimedes quadrant, bulimia borders on it. Indiana Jones 5 travel back in time, thrill as it is assumed to be the last adventure of Ford with the whipbut does not border on the authenticity and freshness of the first three films of the saga Steven Spielberg.
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