Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Fedora? Check. Bull whip? Check. Five o’clock shadow? Check. Trumpet fanfare? Check. Gratuitous fist fights and chase scenes? Check. Crazy Rube Goldberg traps? Check. Preposterous pseudo-mythological plot line, characters with assorted accents, angry natives, and at least one scene involving a snake and/or snakes? Check, check, check, and check! Nazis with guns? Well … no. But there are plenty of Commies with guns to take their place, so the formula remains intact.
I’m talking, of course, about the long-awaited Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull …
(The following review is all qualitative, and does NOT contain any spoilers.)