More than 40 years after "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Indiana Jones is still raiding lost arks, but his fifth big screen go-round, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," feels more like an homage to Indiana Jones than a proper Indy adventure.
Make no mistake, you can feel the giddy enthusiasm of director James Mangold ("Ford v Ferrari") radiating on-screen. He probably never thought he'd get the chance to make an Indiana Jones movie, and why would he? The previous entries in the series were all helmed by one man, Steven Spielberg.
So while it's less cringe-inducing than 2008's clunky "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" — there are no nuclear fridge moments here, thankfully — "Dial of Destiny" is an unnecessary addendum to the Jones saga, simultaneously action-packed and lacking in any genuine thrills. It's time for Indy to hang up his leather jacket, hat and whip for good.
