Indiana Jones' second adventure begins in Shanghai, where a plane takes him, his driver Short Round ( a ten year old kid), and a singer, Willie, to India, minus the landing. They come across a villiage which is being destroyed because they have lost a rock with spiritual properties. It is up to Indy to save the villiage and recover the stones. An unforgetable dinner is part of the action (mmm. Chilled Monkey Brains).
Availability:
VHS: Pan and Scan only
Cast Crew:
Please see Raiders
of the Lost Ark
Kate Capshaw
Willie
SpaceCamp
Miscellaneous:
This is darker in theme and tone,
yet Lucas and Speilberg find ways to include humor, like the afore mentioned
dinner. Willie also provides comic relief as she interacts with the
primitive conditions around her.
The name of the club at the first
of the film is Club Obi-Wan, a reference to Lucas' Star
Wars Trilogy.
Dan Ackroyd has a cameo at the
airport (are you the famous American singer . . . "
Followed by Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade
The dark tone of this film was
one instigator of the PG-13 rating.
MPAA Rating:
PG -- Language, fist-fighting.
My Rating:
I enjoy this movie, but I agree that it is much darker than either Raiders or Last Crusade. It is fun at times, but not quite as much as the other Indy films.
***1/2