Weekly DVD Drop: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

By COED Staff

Ninteen years after Harrison Ford last played the ass-kicking archeology professor Indiana Jones, the franchise was re-launched by Spielberg and Lucas to bring Indiana Jones to a new generation with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Indiana Jones, which features Ford as a professor/adventurer who canvases the world in search of lost treasure, artifacts, and new cultures.

In this latest installment, Indy finds himself in South America amidst a lost culture when he discovers a crystal skull, which yields the possibility of knowledge beyond all wildest imaginations.  Along the way he meets up with his former flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) and discovers he has a son, Mut (Shia LeBeouf).

Check out the rest of this Week’s DVD releases after the jump!

I wasn’t really prepared for the ultimate conclusion to this film (which I will keep a secret in case you haven’t seen it).  The stunts were over the top, as usual, and some of the adventure scenes were a little unrealistic.  But at the end of the day this was another solid Indiana Jones film – and if you love Indy you are sure to love this movie.  My only hope is that, if they do a fifth film, they can find a way to bring Sean Connery back.

Other films being released this week:

Stuck

The New World