The movie, again lives up to it’s name and reputation as one of the best action packed on-the-edge of your seat types of film. The next installment, the upcoming The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is sure to have more mind-boggling action series (which is due to huge advancements in Computer Graphics and other film technologies) which is a sad thing for me personally for I love the stunts and other stuff that was done the old way for it presented a sort of aura or certain magical property to the movie. Whatever your opinion, it is sure to be another chart buster for the last film has grown 18 years and is sure to be thrilled at this the fourth installment in the legend that is Indiana Jones continuing to fuel the adventure seeker in all of us even in the face of certain death.
He heals his father just as the floor opens up trying to get the grail back, Indy’s girl blinded by the true value of the find falls. Indy himself tires to get at the grail and ends up almost falling too if it wasn’t for his father ho tells him to let go of the artifact and return to his life (and family forever ending his mercenary attitude, or so we think). They get out and end up living their normal lives his father having fulfilled his life’s work (who was the initial seeker of the Holy Grail) sets out on new adventures and Indiana Jones returns to his college teaching job as an Archaeology professor.
The third film was again a true masterpiece of action packed scenes, unbelievable stunts and of course the award winning performance of it�s cast. It focuses on the true quest for the search of the mythical Holy Grail which is said to have all the mystical powers on this earth. This is the cup Jesus used in the last supper and was said to be taken by the crusaders and hidden in a secret location protected from all humanity till the truly pure again comes to claim it and reveal it to the world. The only catch, it was only allowed to stay within the boundaries of the cave complex which housed it. The Knight thanks Indy for freeing him from his eternal quest as protector of the Grail and gives him pointers as he dies off to finish his life’s purpose. The Grail is supposedly is� a true artifact and archaeologists (biblical and otherwise) have been trying to get at it since time immemorial.
His father sends him his diary which contains clues to the various deadly tests that is sure to come. He follows the clues and eventually ends up being captured and set to get the grail by the Nazi’s as he tries to save his father’s life who was shot and is dying as he sets out to retrieve the artifact. He goes through the usual tests (stunts and mind bogglers, the whole deal that tries to kill you every step of the way) to get to the grail, eventually facing the last Templar (knight protector from the Crusades) who is the last of the three who has been cursed to protect the Grail for eternity till the true and faithful claims it again from the bowels of the vault.
He gets the grail (choosing it from a wide array of gold and precious stone laden ones) looking back at the known profession and trait of Jesus as a carpenter. He selects a wooden cup, fills it with water and drinks (he succeeds and cheats death which was sure to follow a wrong selection) He then rushes back to his father’s side as the roof starts to fall (well it’s actually a cave of sorts somewhere deep) as the grail is taken beyond the seal of eternity which protects it from the sins of the outside world.
The name was fitted as appropriate for the third installment on the chart busting adventure film phenomenon that was Indiana Jones. The movies were initially envisioned to be a 5-movie series but after 18 years of waiting for the fourth installment, aficionados and avid movie-goers alike agree with the title of the last film.
Then story has Professor Henry Walton Jones Jr. (Indiana Jones for short), again going into a mission this time with his father (played by Sean Connery) and his archaeological sidekick. His father having discovered and collated many a notes and facts from his many missions has been kidnapped again by the Nazi’s and is being held captive so Jones could get hold of the Holy Grail (the cup Jesus supposedly used at the last supper) which has been deemed to have mystical powers (one of which is eternal life and youth).