‘Dial of Destiny’ proves Indiana Jones’ days of derring-do aren’t quite derring-done

It’s been 42 years since Raiders of the Lost Ark introduced audiences to a boulder-dodging, globe-trotting, bullwhip-snapping archaeologist played by Harrison Ford. The boulder was real back then (or at any rate, it was a practical effect made of wood, fiberglass and plastic). Very little in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indy’s rousingly ridiculous fifth and possibly final adventure, is concrete and actual. And that includes, in the opening moments, its star. […]

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