Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) movie poster

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

"If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones."
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👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 67%
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Director
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
PG
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (9,987 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
57

Cast

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones · 75% avg
Kate Capshaw as Willie Scott · 71% avg
Ke Huy Quan as Short Round · 75% avg
Amrish Puri as Mola Ram · 75% avg
Roshan Seth as Chattar Lal · 76% avg
Philip Stone as Phillip Blumburtt
Roy Chiao as Lao Che · 78% avg
David Yip as Wu Han

Is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 67%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#255 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#20 / 46 · 1984
Rank among its director's films
#11 / 35 · Steven Spielberg

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, the second installment in the Indiana Jones franchise and a prequel set in 1935, one year before Raiders of the Lost Ark. Harrison Ford returns as the globe-trotting archaeologist, who escapes a Shanghai nightclub shootout with singer Willie Scott, played by Kate Capshaw, and his young sidekick Short Round, played by Ke Huy Quan. Their plane crashes in India, where they discover a village whose children have been enslaved by a Thuggee cult operating beneath Pankot Palace, using the mystical Sankara Stones to revive their dark god Kali.

Temple of Doom was deliberately darker than Raiders, a creative choice influenced by Spielberg and Lucas's personal difficulties during the period, and the film's intense scenes of child slavery, human sacrifice, and a man's heart being ripped from his chest while he remained alive were significantly more graphic than anything in the original. The intensity of these scenes was the primary catalyst for the creation of the PG-13 rating by the MPAA. The mine cart chase sequence was one of the most thrilling action set pieces of the 1980s, using a combination of miniatures, rear projection, and practical stunts.

Temple of Doom earned $333 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1984.

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 38,346💬 707 comments
In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), John Williams gave Short Round his own hero theme music. Anytime he is in action, the theme plays, just like Indy’s.
Top comment: "Short Round would have been a great pick to be Indy’s successor in another Indiana Jones 4. Indiana..."
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