🍿 ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Is Good, Actually

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‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ is Way Better Than It Has Any Right to Be

Indiana Jones has always been a man out of time.

Beginning with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, the franchise was conceived by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as a throwback to 1930s pulp adventures, a modern take on a genre that had long fallen out of fashion. In the process, they invented a whole new visual language that would become more familiar to new generations of moviegoers than the creaky old serials that inspired it. People have expectations for an Indiana Jones movie, and it’s entirely based on what they remember of their favorite Indiana Jones movie.

That’s what makes Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny such a fascinating, if imperfect, swan song for the franchise. James Mangold (Logan, Ford v Ferrari) takes over as director from Spielberg, whose indelible style left such a stamp on the franchise that his absence looms large even in Dial of Destiny’s most riveting moments. But though Mangold is no Spielberg, there’s no question that he gets Indiana Jones. Dial of Destiny is a rollicking adventure that brings an earnest goofiness to the franchise, with a third-act twist so off-the-rails you have to applaud it for its ballsiness.

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