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‘Dial of Destiny’ Is Not the Best Indiana Jones. But It Might Be the Most Interesting.
ScreenCrushStory by Matt Singer
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An aging Indiana Jones confronts his mortality and the changing times as he's pulled into a thrilling time-traveling adventure to stop a Nazi plot to alter history.
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- The film's bold use of modern visual effects, including a digitally de-aged young Harrison Ford, has split critics, with some seeing it as a betrayal of the franchise's practical effects approach while others view it as a thoughtful embrace of the present.
- Director James Mangold crafts a surprisingly introspective and poignant character study, as the once-heroic Indiana Jones grapples with his waning relevance in a world that has moved on from his brand of adventure, leading to a powerful reckoning with his legacy.
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Harrison Ford, Toby Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Karen Allen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, James Mangold, Lucasfilm Ltd., NASA, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Fantastic Four