by George Lucas and a small army of screenwriters, but they exist in a
universe of their own. Hell, they created it. All you can do is compare one to the other three. That's why no Indy adventure can match "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). True, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" stands alone as an action masterpiece, but after that the series is compelled to be, in the words of Indiana himself, "same old same old."
Up against the Russians, Indiana Jones is once again played by Harrison Ford, who is now 65 but looks a lot like he did at 55 or 46, which is how old he was when he made "Last Crusade." He has one of those Robert Mitchum faces that doesn't age, it only frowns more.
The crystal skull is one of 13 crystal skulls, and the other 12 are in a subterranean chamber. When the set is complete, amazing events take place. What is the function of the chamber? "It's a portal--to another dimension!" Oxley says.
Director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford have no trouble getting back into the groove with a story and style very much in keeping with what has made the series so perennially popular.
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