Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

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6. It's An Improvement Over Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Harrison Ford
Disney

After The Dial of Destiny premiered to mediocre reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, many expressed surprise at the possibility that it could somehow end up being worse than the wildly polarising previous film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Thankfully that categorically isn't the case. For all of this movie's flaws, it never deigns to the lows of nuking the fridge, Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) swinging on vines, and the whole fire ant debacle from the previous film.

If Kingdom of the Crystal Skull basically collapses entirely after its first act, The Dial of Destiny at least offers up fitful fun throughout its runtime, even if punctuated with some leaden, tedious sections too.

No, it gets nowhere close to the O.G. trilogy, but anyone worried about it being Just Another Crystal Skull can rest easy - it's better, for sure.

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