By Iain Blair

Went to see the new, highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on the Paramount lot last weekend. The screening was -surprise, surprise – packed, and there was a genuine ripple of excitement running through the audience as the movie started with a bang (a crazy car chase through the desert). But the film, set in 1957 and finally coming to theatres 19 years after Indy’s last adventure, sadly ran out of gas, despite endless -and often highly contrived - fights and chases. The script is convoluted and cliched and WAY too talky. All the older leads (Harrison Ford and Karen Allen in particular) predictably seemed to be shot through hundreds of jars of vaseline and layers of gauze to mask their real age. As for newcomer Shia LeBeouf, he makes a Marlon Brando-style intro in leathers on a motorbike, but he’s no Brando! It’ll make a fortune (probably) but it’s a big disappointment.

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