I’m certainly not one of those who makes bad criticisms of a movie because I’m a purist of the genre, case in point all the Star Wars fans who had a spectrum of mixed reviews about the 3 prequel movies that were released out of Lucas Studios, but it seems again, that George Lucas, once famed director and visionary, has lost some of the luster that once gave him a massive empire to stand on.

Indiana Jones genre to many was about action, adventure, and curiousity to the unknown. In many ways, we see that live on in other movies, such as National Treasure, where our curiosity for adventure and puzzles along the way fuel our desire to see these types of movies continue.
This release though of Indiana Jones leaves a lot for both the casual Indy fan, as well as I suppose for those who grew up on this genre and were looking for Lucas to come back and hit one out of the park.
The first most obvious flaw is how old Harrison Ford is. In his younger days, it was the vibrant young archeologist who’s adventures threw countless obstacles in front of him–now as essentially a grandfather trying to keep up with his younger self, it seems a bit too unbelievable to imagine.
On the topic of unbelievable, the introduction of an alien influence into the movies central story arch really put a new level of stretching that you would suppose is fueled by Lucas’s extra-terrestrial interests, but in an Indy film, really seems out of place. At first I didn’t know where they were going with the story, and it certainly could have been promising, but if you watch through the end, you will probably be like me, and think to yourself, “What just happened”, and was that really it?
At any rate, its up to each individual to see it for themselves, but this is one that I will stay away from getting on BluRay and save your money for something with a higher replay value.