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Sunday 1 December 2013

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK [1981]

Director Steven Spielberg and writer George Lucas team-up to create one of the greatest popcorn adventure films ever made and the first in a highly successful series.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark is filled with iconic imagery, a wonderfully smug performance from Harrison Ford, John Williams' sweeping score and a large boulder.  In the style of the serial films of the 1930's, Raiders never takes itself very seriously at all and instead opts for maximum entertainment value, of which it heavily succeeds. It's hilariously outrageous action sequences seem to throw everything at Indy Jones except the kitchen sink, leaving a eagerly anticipating smile on one's face, curious to see what's going to happen next.

5 bad dates out of 5

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