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Summary

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Cast

Harrison Ford

Indiana Jones

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Helena

Mads Mikkelsen

Dr. Voller

Boyd Holbrook

Klaber

Olivier Richters

Hauke

Ethann Isidore

Teddy

Toby Jones

Basil Shaw

Antonio Banderas

Renaldo

Karen Allen

Marion

John Rhys-Davies

Sallah

Shaunette Renée Wilson

Mason

Thomas Kretschmann

Colonel Weber

Martin McDougall

Durkin

Alaa Safi

Rahim

Francis Chapman

Young SS Officer

Alfonso Rosario Mandia

Italian Ticket Seller

Chase Brown

Larry - Beat Poet Guy

Nasser Memarzia

Archimedes

Amedeo Bianchimano

Milanese Suit Man

Anna Francolini

Mandy

Gabby Wong

Chinese Hat Bidder

Adolfo Margiotta

Hector - Salty Diver

Niccolo Cancellieri

Sirene Deck Hand

Antonio Iorio

Popeye - Lead Scuba Diver

Manuel Klein

SS Stormtrooper

Holly Lawton

Young Helena

Guy Paul

Prof. Plimpton

Harriet Slater

Fran

Alton Fitzgerald White

Hotel Porter

Ian Porter

Bob - Bartender

Daniel Anderson

Kommando Commander

Cory Peterson

Gov. PR Man

Charles Hagerty

Reporter - St. Regis

Ali Saleh

Jabari - Sallah's Grandson

Amara Khan

Alia - Sallah's Granddaughter

Jill Winternitz

Pan Am Stewardess

Billy Postlethwaite

Prof. Donner

Clara Greco

Italian Tour Guide

Joe Gallina

Mounted Cop

Nicholas Bendall

Filthy Guitar Guy

Thulani Storm

Filthy Guitar Guy

Edoardo Strano

Archimedes Servant

Angelo Spagnoletti

Archimedes Servant

Hicham Ouaraqa

Moroccan Policeman

Adil Louchgui

Moroccan Policeman

David Mills

TV Reporter

Rhyanna Alexander-Davis

Hippie Girl

Gary Fannin

Armed Intelligence Officer

Gunnar Cauthery

Pilot - Heinkel 111

Aron von Andrian

Navigator - Heinkel 111

Nikola Trifunovic

SS Kommando

Henry Garrett

Louis - Drunk Airline Pilot

Elena Saurel

Drunk Airline Stewardess

Mike Massa

1944 Indiana Jones Double

Anthony Ingruber

1944 Indiana Jones Double / Dutch Prince - Bidder

Christian Sacha Mehja-Stokes

Rich Kid

Angus Yellowlees

Hippie Student

Matthew Staite

SS Guard / Comms Officer

Corrado Invernizzi

Luigi - Italian Engineer

Joerg Stadler

Gestapo Officer

Thorston Manderlay

Staff Car Officer

Basil Eidenbenz

Sentry

Johann Heske

Sentry

Joshua Broadstone

Overalls

Bruce Lester-Johnson

Screaming Cabbie

Martin Sherman

Drunk - Appliance Store

Allon Sylvain

L'Atlantique Maître D

William Meredith

Con Ed Van Driver

Kate Doherty

Basil's Housekeeper

Duran Fulton Brown

Barricade Cop

Eliza Mae Kyffin

Screaming Beauty Queen

Mauro Cardinali

Maximus

Mark Killeen

Pontimus

Bharat Doshi

Miss Jaffrey

Aïssam Bouali

Henchman

Douglas Robson

Gunther

Mohammed R. Kamel

Hotel Security

Bryony Miller

Confused Student

Tiwa Lade

Bubblegum Student

Brodie Husband

Sketching Student

Hannah Onslow

Student

Crew

Director, Writer

James Mangold

Characters

George Lucas

Characters

Tom Stoppard

Characters

Philip Kaufman

Characters

Willard Huyck

Characters

Gloria Katz

Characters

Menno Meyjes

Characters

Jeffrey Boam

Characters

Jeff Nathanson

Characters

Lawrence Kasdan

Characters, Writer

David Koepp

Writer

Jez Butterworth

Writer

John-Henry Butterworth

Reviews

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May 28, 2023

EXT. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF THE LOST DIALS SKULL – DAY

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is more closely related to its recent sequel than its distant cousins of the original trilogy. It attempts to take the franchise's formula and shake it up; it throws in cameos, call-backs and references but suffers the same issue every recent Lucasfilm movie has.

It's another modern Disney reboot sequel with legacy characters left in the dirt, and a 'quirky & quippy' new character is presented to us. You know this character type when in the face of fear, they will make fun of the villain's Lactose Intolerance or something random because this character is flawlessly confident. They are knowledgeable on every subject relevant to the plot, smartasses because they are always correct, sassy when held hostage and always have an escape plan. This is Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridges), and she might be the only consistent character in the film. For the rest of the ensemble, Boyd Holbrooks Klaber speaks once in the movie and then chases after Jones in each scene; Mads Mikkelsens Jürgen Voller is the most forgettable antagonist of the franchise, Antonio Banderas is out of the film faster than he's in it and finally, Harrison Ford as Dr Jones is unfortunately back for what seems like a pretty good paycheck.

I have nothing against the performances themselves. The cast is incredibly talented, but this skilled team cannot hide the terrible dialogue reinforcing the rather forgettable story. Ultimately, Indiana Jones has one of the greatest trilogies of films with a distance spin-off universe of sequels. Lucasfilm, post-2008, has not been your era.

FADE OUT.