Disappointment for a huge fan!

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Movie Review: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984)Starting out with one of the greatest opening sequences ever received in Hollywood motion pictures, director Steven Spielberg, just arriving after two major movie hits with "E.T.-the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) for Universal and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) for Paramount, the legendary Hollywood Studio, founded in 1912, presenting an understanding effort to establishment a worldwide trademarking character with "Indiana Jones" aka Henry Jones Jr., performed with star-approval as reprising wits to naturalistic-looking action-beats by leading man Harrison Ford, whose character in presuming his first excursion abroad in Shanghai of 1935 mixing up with a Chinese Gentlemen Gangster Syndicate, meeting variete singer "Willie Scott", performed as fun-loving as classic blonde actress Kate Capshaw, in order to steal away the price of survival in major diamond-poison-vaccine screwball beating scene, rescued by supporting character "Short Round", a 13-year Vietnamese boy driving cars, handling hostile weaponry and getting thrown off a plane with super-hero archaeologist "Indiana Jones" and almost hostage-like taken gentleman-preferring-high-class-woman "Willie" into the depth of the Indian Jungle.Director Steven Spielberg keeps pace throughout the picture, even when the screenplay based on story by executive producer George Lucas tends to be overloaded, where despite plenty scene of joy, smiles and almost-musical-like entertainment, the action, which includes car chases, last-second crashing plane jump-outs, lifeboat mountain rundowns to the title-given fights with less pistol, more sword-to-knife and natural fist to rescue children from underground child labor, when nevertheless utmost serious themes of rural Indian village starvation, voodoo magic procedures and a brainwashed child ruler controlled by nemesis-making, death-mongering, dark-cult-indulging priest called "Mola Ram", given face by British Indian territory actor Amrish Pouri (1932-2005) challenges "Indiana Jones" to visual-compelling day-time bridge fight to Hollywood event movie proportions that cannot prevail under the genre mixing crime-adventure-drama-action, when the comic-like humor scenes in the jungle between constant fighting Willie & Indiana, especially concerning perfume on Indian elephant heads, open monkey heads for desert or constant female screams of disgust echoing through dungeons of an Indian palace, which take out most of the so-badly-needed suspense toward a dark-magic-cult with white-dressed virgin sacrifices and heart-ripping chest grips, where "Raiders of the Lost Ark" found magically the balance within the relationship of "Marion Ravenwood & Indiana Jones" in mutual chase of comprehending the powers of "The Ark" of just being the classic Hollywood adventure-movie for the ages. Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

My opinion of this film has improved over the years. There is much to criticize about this film. It's much more violent than "Raiders" yet I totally agree with Roger Ebert who also gives it 4 thumbs up. The opening sequence has nothing at all to do with the rest of it, as it pays homage to every James Bond movie ever made, plus a very sly reference to the "Chinese Cuties" (wearing practically nothing) dance number from "International House", an old W.C. Field's classic! The grossest banquet in history at the boy-shah's palace. Eyeballs and chilled monkey brains. Moving insects for dinner! Fantastic sets and a fabulous "legend of the enchanted stones" that must be returned to the native people to restore peace and harmony. Non-stop action from the beginning to the end. The shaman that pulls beating hearts from his victim's chests as they explode and burn up as fireballs! Many memorable and nightmarish scenarios. The best roller coaster mine ride ever filmed. A movie that stands on it's own and is not just another sequel.

I guess Willie was swept up in the action. Why else did she get on the plane? Nice mini-scene with Dan Aykroyd.How much can you make flying chickens from China to India? Willie is the queen of rubbernecking.Iconic crash background scene.The sheer bewilderment on the villagers faces as they watch this ridiculous white woman.The "sweetheart" would not fly today.I forgot about Willie's camping experience."I very little. You cheat very big"... great line.Dinner is another great scene.Short Round has a fear of women.The ceremony has heart, but was super creepy watching as a kid.Company meeting over. Back to your desks.That's a remarkable stone throw.That's a horrible mug.I forgot about the voodoo.Willie's leaving a bad Yelp review.Mola Ram is very good at creepy inflection.After all the complaining about being wet Willie's situation has swung too far the other way.Sweet escape door move from Mola Ram.I never noticed Short Round fending off fiends in the background while Indy was raising Willie.That's a super human punch to send that guard sliding so far.Love the escaping kids kicking the fine dinnerware just because.Vicious heart punch.Love Willie asking the huge guard what's written by with Indy :). He's not gonna tell ya. If he did they'd have to pay him more.Rusty saw to the belly skin. Ouch! Willie shadow boxing.Pudding.Cheer! Several people died horribly! Great roller coaster thru bridge scenes.Only a true believer would make that cart-to-cart jump.Mola Ram is so often very pleased with himself.This movie keeps bouncing between element extremes.No pistol to help vs swords this film.Just like Han Solo with the stormtroopers.There is no point for Mola Ram to move himself and his prisoners onto the bridge.They are so surprised. He's been holding the sword above his head for minutes! Total perception failure.Why you hitting yourself? Infinite Whilhelm Screams in this movie.How did all those kids take longer to arrive?

Just like it's predecessor, Temple of Doom manages to take the audience on an epic adventure with Indiana Jones even after going for a more darker tone. This film definitely took a page from Star Wars Empire Strikes Back in that the film is a lot darker than the first but it never loses its core values which is what made me fall in love with the original. There's action, comedy and adventure that follows the same formula from the Lost Ark but the filmmakers still manage to deliver it with originality that leaves you wanting more. So many memorable moments that you will struggle to decide which Indiana Jones movie you love more. If a film can give you that sort of debate then you know its a classic.