Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Shanghai, China, and India, 1935Not Made in ChinaThe Temple of Doom opens not in a temple of doom, but in Shanghai. It's glittery. It's glitzy. It's also surprisingly full of white people—wait, i...

The Temple of Doom has a plot that moves like the boulder from Raiders of the Lost Ark—fast, and in a straight line. We stick with Indy in every scene, even when he's brainwashed by the evil bloo...

Action/Adventure; RomanceIndiana Jones is the king of the action/adventure genre. While James Bond is every bit the globetrotter Indy is (and has almost six times the number of movies under his imm...

Maybe George Lucas is a big D&D fan (we can see him roleplaying as Jar-Jar), because this movie was originally titled Indiana Jones and the Temple of Death, which was the title of a Dungeons an...

Pitfall IndyIf we didn't know better, we'd think Kali was the goddess of deus ex machina. Temple of Doom features one of the most exciting ending sequences of all time. Where else outside of Donkey...

PG-(13)If you were expecting hugs and cupcakes in The Temple of Doom, we're a little worried about your understanding of the word "doom." This flick is dark. But if you've never seen this movie bef...