
The year is 1936. An archeology professor named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles of South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap but miraculously escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to human existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight h... (Full plot summary below)
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The year is 1936. An archeology professor named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles of South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap but miraculously escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to human existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Rene Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.
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| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerIt's the perfect vacation-time movie: not a serious moment in its whole two hours but so crammed with laughter, thrills and cinematic sleight of hand that audiences will be sorry when it's over. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis is the kind of movie that, even today, audiences immediately fall in love with. It has all the right ingredients: a smart script, a likable hero, a dash of romance, more than a touch of comedy, and a lot of fast-paced action. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickThroughout the film, Spielberg evokes the kind of armchair-clutching action sequences that remind us why they're called motion pictures. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullYou'd have to be a heathen to argue with the fact that Raiders of the Lost Ark stands as the best action-adventure movie ever made. |
| Juicy CerebellumAlex SandellOne of the best films -- if not THEE best film -- ever made! |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayThe film that enchanted a generation and made Ford an action hero. |
| Empire MagazineAndrew CollinsFord, in a career-minting performance, plays what would've been a cardboard cut-out in the 1930s as grubby, coy, impertinent, imperfect, phobic of snakes and agnostic (describing the Ark's magic as "the power of God or something"). |
| TimeRichard SchickelRaiders of the Lost Ark has it all—or, anyway, more than enough to transport moviegoers back to the dazzling, thrill-sated matinee idyls of old. It is surely the best two hours of pure entertainment anyone is going to find in the summer of '81. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenSpielberg brings his signature blend of action/adventure and humor to the film, celebrating its 19th anniversary with this re-release. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumJoBloAstounding movie packed with non-stop action, stunts galore, an interesting story line, great one-liners, a solid cast, a catchy musical score, and all the fun and adventure that you could squeeze into a two-hour thrill ride. |