Indiana Jones Gets Rave Reviews at Cannes

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The first press audience to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in Cannes this afternoon greeted the final credits with sustained applause after whooping and hollering throughout.

Make no mistake, there is no danger of this film tanking. Harrison Ford is back to his athletic, wise-cracking, combative best as Dr Jones in Steven Spielberg's fourth episode of the series, and new side-kick Shia LaBeouf is a revelation, in more ways than one.

Everything about this Indiana Jones is bigger and more spectacular than previous instalments. The movie is effectively one long chase, from it's opening scenes in the New Mexico desert to a climactic ending deep in the Amazonian jungle.

Ford is greyer than before, but otherwise looks and acts much as in the misleadingly titled Last Crusade 19 years ago. He has his usual quota of punch-ups, chases and hair-raising getaways, including a frankly implausible escape from a nuclear explosion where he's blasted to safety inside a lead-lined refrigerator. More can be read here: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/cannes/article3957628.ece