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| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Stany De Silva
Actors: Kate Capshaw, Roy Chiao, Lorraine Doyle, Harrison Ford, Chua Kah Joo
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (150 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2071
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 118 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARD132834D
UPC: 097361328348
EAN: 0097361328348
ASIN: B0014Z4ON4
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
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Another great adventure July 20, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Temple of Doom" is an exciting adventure story in the classic mold: exotic locations, thoroughly evil bad guys, wild chases, bloodless fights, and chaste romantic interest. There's a lot to like here, right down to the happy family reunions (!) at the end.
It's a sequel to the instant success of "Lost Ark". That's logical, given the popularity of the original and the versatility of the Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) character. This movie suffers a bit from the sequel syndrome, though. The "screaming babe" and "cute kid" characters are almost perfunctory - her job is mostly to squawk and get saved, the kid's job is mostly cuteness. Well, they do good enough jobs in their roles. Also, the Indiana character is developing in the direction of a James Bond - the first scene is in a high-priced cabaret, with Indy in an evening suit. Is that really our Indy?
There's a lot more humor than in the first movie, and that generally works well. The opening scene, an almost-familair cabaret song, prepares the viewer for later oddness. The initial scramble across the cabaret floor, too, is a good display of physical humor. "Temple of Doom" never seems to develop a split personality because of the disparate elements, though. They alternate well, without distracting from each other.
On the whole, this has stood up to the test of time. (Is it really 20 years since this came out?) The adventure story is good, the effects are all they need to be, and the mind can shift to low gear while watching. Enjoy!
//wiredweird
Too spooky for my taste March 29, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The "now standard Indiana" formula is there and there are a lot of fun parts to this movie. However the bad guys are too bad and the situation is too spooky. Be sure to watch "Raiders of the Lost Ark" first even thought this takes place chronologically earlier.
Once again James Bond has nothing on Dr. Jones (Harrison Ford) as he negotiates for a treasure and is double crossed at every turn, barely escaping with his life, also the acquisition of a stereotypical blond singer Wilhelmina Scott (Kate Capshaw), and his new sidekick Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan).
In his hasty retreat he does not realize that there are greater forces at work insuring that he fulfill his destiny to recover a sacred object and all the children of a beleaguered village.
Is he up to the challenge?
In this case does being blond help or hinder?
Will Short Round prove that size does not matter?
Take heart!
Be prepared for a dark passage "a little too dark for my taste".
Indiana in India October 16, 2004
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The scene opens in Shanghai, where incredibly sexy Wilhelmina (Willie) Scott (Kate Kapshaw) leads a stunning cabaret dance, only to be stolen by Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) , together with a very precious diamond, and an airplane, from a very powerful Chinese Mafia boss. All with the help of Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) , a streetwise little Chinese boy (with a very irritating voice!) , surely based on Chang from the Tin Tin books.
They land, seemingly by chance in a poverty-stricken Indian village, where all the children have been stolen away by a savage Thugee cult of Death. From there it is on to the Pankot Palace, before our friends descend into the pits of the hellish Temple of Doom, where they must rescue the poor enslaved children. Plenty of suspense and action, some quite gory scenes, comedy, and of course the romance between Indy and Willie, who really looked sexy in that outfit she was wearing when they came out of the mines.
Not quite the masterpiece that Raiders of the Lost Ark was, but most of the time it was entertaining.
Although the scene in the cocoa pans , in the pits, did really drag on , and what happened to that cute little Maharaja in the end?
 To be or not to be. This is not a question. September 20, 2004
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
I once wondered what it is like to be an explorer. To wander from place to place seeking truth, knowledge and wisdom. I have found that truth, wisdom and knowledge, surrounds us everyday.
To be like Indiana Jones in this film is like constant adventure. And uncertainty is always around the next tomb or cavern. I once thought that the only way to achieve this adventure is to travel. But adventure surrounds us everyday.
To be a christian is not unlike Indiana in his search for truth and knowledge. We have a God that takes us on that adventure, that life, that we have always wanted.
In the film, the explorer faces death at every crossroad and always comes out unharmed. This is too what we have. Adventure and life at every dawn.
-Calvin
 My favorite of the three! July 31, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This one is often the least favorite of many but not for me. In fact Temple of Doom is in fact my favorite of the bunch.
Indiana Jones is in 1930s Shanghai China and has been making a deal with a Chinese mafia leader but after an altercation, he escapes until things go wrong when the plane goes down in India and he ends up in a village where all of the children have been kidnapped. It turns out that they were taken to an underground diamond mine that is run by a Satanic Thuggee cult lead by Mola Ram. The cult worships the evil god Khali and Indie must rescue the children and retrieve the stones.
This one is my favorite of them all. I like them all but TOD is the best of them. I love it's dark and sinister tone and the incredible action sequences especially towards the latter half. Some scenes were a bit troubling and even stereotypical but overall, Spielberg and Lucas hit the high mark on here. Go and buy this movie but get it on the DVD set immediately.
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