INDIANA JONES 5 (How to Destroy Legacy) EXPLORED

The next Kathleen Kennedy self-insert picture they're calling "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" has arrived. Instead of Rey, we have Helena, and taking the spot of Luke Skywalker on the sacrifice altar is Indianna Jones.

A sequel to 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, this fifth installment, directed by James Mangold and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jonathan Kasdan, and David Koepp is supposedly the final treasure hunt for Jones.

Starring Harrison Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethan Isidore, and Mads Mikkelsen, this time we're heading to 1969, with Indy and Helena Shaw – his distant goddaughter, who are trying to secure a device with world-altering potential, before the Nazi-turned-NASA scientist, Jürgen Voller, can rewrite the ending of World War II.

Dial of Destiny is the first in the series not directed by Spielberg or written by Lucas and you can tell. Costing over $295 million, and with a marketing budget to match, Indianna Jones 5 is not only the priciest venture in the Indiana Jones franchise, but one of the most expensive films ever. And unfortunately, projections don’t see Disney recuperating their costs.

Savaged one month before its worldwide release at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, the Dial of Destiny has had a lukewarm opening reception to say the least. The consensus was clear, most praised Harrison Ford's performance, Mangold's direction, Williams' score, and the action, which I wasn’t too surprised by.

But there was no love lost for the lengthy runtime, CGI overload, Pheobe Waller bridge, the depiction of Jones as a broken man, a lack of the spirituality and mysticism of the original trilogy, and the absence of the 30s and 40’s setting, which is where the character belongs.
So is it as bad as the French say? Or are there some hidden gems for us to dig up? Découvrons-le !

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