Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989

Indiana Jones famed adventurer and archaeologist acquires a diary that holds clues and a map with no names to find the mysterious Holy Grail which was sent from his father Dr. Henry Jones in Italy. Upon hearing from a private collector Walter Donavan that the mission for the Holy Grail went astray with the disappearance of his father Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody venture to Italy in search of Indys father. However upon retrieving Dr. Henry Jones in Nazi territory the rescue mission turns into a race to find the Holy Grail before the Nazis do who plan to use it for complete world domination for their superrace. With the diary as a vital key and the map with no names as a guide Indiana Jones once again finds himself in another death defying adventure of pure excitement.

Review

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade was in my opinion the best movie of the Indiana Jones trilogy. This movie featured the same type of humor we have become accustomed to from Jones as well as another beautiful woman (also probably the best Indy girl) and lots of great action scenes! This movie starts off with a teenage Indy (River Phoenix) which gives us a look at an event that molds his life and character as well as his relationship with his father Henry (Sean Connery). We also learn he is a "Junior" and that he hates to be called that.

Back as an adult Indys father is kidnapped and he must set out to find him. His only clues are his fathers diary notes which were mysteriously sent to him earlier that day. They lead him to Italy where he meets the gorgeous blonde Dr. Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody) who becomes an integral part of this story.

Once again the grown up Indy (Harrison Ford) does battle with the Nazis. Apparently Adolf Hitler is after the Holy Grail which contains the blood of Christ. So Indiana and his father team up to get there first. Along the way there is a great action scene where Jones fights a few Nazis on board a moving tank.

Overall as I mentioned earlier I believe this to be the best Indiana Jones movie of the three. This action movie was good long before movie studios learned to make the great CGI and special effects. Its effects were pretty good anyways but back in 1989 things just did not look as good as they can make them today. Still highly recommended and worth your time. 9.510