10 Movies Nobody Wants To Admit Suck

The fact that so many began their assessment of the fifth Indiana Jones picture by calling it "better than the last one", is really all that needs to be said here.

Every card-carrying Indy fan wanted this James Mangold-directed swansong to give Harrison Ford's beloved Dr. Jones an exciting and dignified journey into the sunset, but the end result was a depressingly anodyne, grossly overlong slog.

So much of the movie is focused on how miserable Indy's (Ford) life has become, a fact only compounded once we learn of the grim fate that befell his son Mutt (Shia LaBeouf).

Did many Indiana Jones fans come to the franchise to see a meditation on grief? Making Indy a depressed, bereaved, separated alcoholic didn't exactly lay the groundwork for another rip-roaring adventure, yet even the high-wire set-pieces lacked the wit and intensity of the original trilogy.

Were it not for Ford's game presence and a nutty third-act twist, it'd be tough to put this too far above Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. As it stands, it settles for decisive fourth place in the franchise, and when it comes to revisiting the series, are most fans going to be bothered with anything past the first three?

The Dial of Destiny may have left Indy in a good place, but didn't the franchise do that perfectly well over 30 years ago?