Jake Reid

Would not recommend at all. This film is a total cop out. The narrative was jumbled and not easy to follow. It started out quite nicely with the WWII sequence but after that, the narrative and story fell apart and began to really drag. The end motive for the villain wasn't clear... was he wanting to kill Hitler and become the Fuhrer himself or did he want someone else to become the Fuhrer? What was the point of all that? The characters had no personality or depth at all. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a talented actress in comedy but action-adventure is definitely not her forte. Her character was insufferable and quite frankly really annoying. Why on earth would you root for a liar/thief/con woman who was entirely motivated by money? The CGI was bloody awful - the fire used in various scenes was quite clearly CGI and of poor quality. For such a big budget ($295 million) production you'd have thought that the production value of the CGI would be good! Obviously not. The continuity was completely off - in some scenes, characters were wet after falling into rivers/lakes and then moments later were dry as a bone. And not to mention that a chase sequence was quite clearly sped up in an attempt to increase tension and make it seem like the characters were travelling at a much faster speed than they were. And above all… the claims that loads of the original characters returning was absolute tosh. I was so excited to see some of the original case return. I waited... and waited... and waited. And was majorly disappointed to see how little they were seen on screen. John Rhys-Davies as Sallah had about three to five minutes of screen time. Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood had about two minutes of screen time. Antonio Banderas also had about five minutes of screen time. Toby Jones as Basil Shaw was featured for about 5-8 minutes total screen time. These actors were CRIMINALLY under used. And for what, just to use their names in the credits to attract more viewers. What a total mess this film is. It does absolutely zero justice to the magic that Spielberg created. I can see why he resigned as director. The only redeeming factors are: A) John Williams returned to compose the score, B) several of the original cast returned, even if disappointingly briefly, C) Mads Mikkelsen was a fantastic choice for the villain and basically saved what little could be saved of this obvious cash grab film.