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Cast

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Harrison Ford

Indiana Jones

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Kate Capshaw

Willie Scott

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Ke Huy Quan

Short Round

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Amrish Puri

Mola Ram

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Roshan Seth

Chattar Lal

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Philip Stone

Phillip Blumburtt

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Roy Chiao

Lao Che

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David Yip

Wu Han

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Ric Young

Kao Kan

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Rex Ngui

Maitre d'

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Philip Tan

Chief Henchman

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Dan Aykroyd

Art Weber

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Akio Mitamura

Chinese Pilot

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Michael Yama

Chinese Co-Pilot

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Ruby de Mel

Village Woman

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Denavaka Hamine

Village Woman

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Dharshana Panangala

Village Child

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Raj Singh

Little Maharaja

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Frank Olegario

Merchant #1

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Ahmed El Shenawi

Merchant #2

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Nizwar Karanj

Sacrifice Victim

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Pat Roach

Chief Guard

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Mellan Mitchell

Temple Guard

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

US

Budget

$28,000,000

Revenue

$333,000,000

Reviews

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A review by Potential Kermode 9

February 13, 2017

The best film in the series

Raiders was great but suffered patches of slowness where the momentum was damaged - I know people who actually fast forward Raiders when Indy and Sallah discover the Well of Souls and begin watching the film again at the plane fight sequence.

Temple of Doom, however, is a non stop rollercoaster ride - a thrilling, violent and funny adventure. Spielberg's best action film, in my opinion. Violence, horror, sentimen...

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A review by Gimly 5

October 18, 2017

Simultaneously both more grim and more silly than the Indiana Jones films either side of it, The Temple of Doom was my favourite of the series as a kid. As an adult though, it seems it is objectively the worst movie in the trilogy, but damn if there isn't a lot of memorable parts to love about it.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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A review by John Chard 9

December 24, 2018

Spielberg on devilishly OTT form!

Prior to the long mooted and eventual release of part 4, Temple Of Doom was often thought of as the weakest part of the series, yet it actually appears to me to be maturing nicely with age. With honest appraisal I see the only crime that Temple Of Doom can be charged with is is not being as good as Raiders Of The Lost Ark. But since few films can match that movie's classic status I find it churlish to do the second film down for it.

Temple...

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A review by Kamurai 5

August 17, 2020

Decent watch, might watch again, and can only recommend for people who are already big Indiana Jones fans.

This is a much cheaper movie than it's prequel, not in budget, but in writing and characters. With the trade out in female co-leads, Willie is an annoying if not irritating character and the movie might actually be improved if you just edited her out of the movie.

Short-Round is fun, but not to any degree to go as far as saving the movie. The atmosphere of the movie i...

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A review by CinemaSerf 7

June 8, 2023

Sadly, this chose to go down the route of child stardom - which you either love or hate. Though "Short Round" (Ke Huy Quan) wasn't as irritating as many; he was still pretty persistently annoying and for my money helps make this quite a bit weaker. Aside from the elephant, this also lacks the depth of casting that the first of the films had - Kate Capshaw is almost slapstick as "Wille Scott" and the story isn't so hot, either, as our intrepid explorer has to try an...

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