The Skulls has been critically acclaimed as 'The Hottest Suspense Thriller Ticket in Town' ... more
- Wireless Magazine. Now comes its stunning sequel - The Skull II. The suspense begins when an unsuspecting college student is drawn into the mysterious underwor...
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Advantages: Harrison Ford Disadvantages: Weak story
The fourth instalment in the Indiana Jones series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was released in 2008. This film was directed by Steven Spielberg.
This Indiana Jones film is set in 1957 and sees the archaeologist and adventurer, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), having to contend with Soviet agents, led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), who are searching for the mystical city of Akator, which is believed to be the mythical resting place of a crystal skull, which was recently found, that has strange mind control powers. The Soviets want to exploit the supernatural powers that legend says will be bestowed to however returns the skull. When a young man, Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf), informs Indiana that his colleague, Harold Oxley (John Hurt), has been kidnapped along with Mutt's mother, and Indy's former love, Marion ...
Advantages: entertaining flight of fancy Disadvantages: mediocre acting
So I only came across this film because it happened to be starting at just the time that I turned on the television, but I stuck with it and was pleased with what I watched.
The Skulls is named after the fictional 'secret society' around which the story is based, and is an American late-teen college/university with a dark feel, not like your American Pie and whatnot.
Lucas McNamara (played by Joshua Jackson) is in his senior (fourth, to us Brits) year at an unnamed Ivy League University. From humble beginnings as a poor kid with no family, to success as a major player in his university rowteam, he shows much promise. As such, he is approached by several 'secret societies' but turns them down, until eventually The aforementioned Skulls call him.
This seems a great thing at first, as they give money, cars, girls, and countless ...
Advantages: Spectactular Disadvantages: Hated the ending
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.
Some sarcastic and critical people have called this film 'Indiana Jones and The Milking of the 4th Cash Cow.
The film as you might expect has a plethora of stars,
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones.
Karen Allen - Marion Ravenwood.
Shia LaBeouf - Mutt Willliams.
John Hurt - Professor Oxley.
Jim Broadbent - Dean Charles Stanford.
Kate Blanchett - Irina Spalko.
Ray Winston Mac George McHale.
Notably not in the film is Indies dad, Sean Connery and Marcus (Denholm Mitchell Elliott) who died in 1992.
A very brief synopsis of the story begins with Indie and Mac taken against their will to 'Area 51', where
Clues lead them onwards ending up in the jungle. Along the way Indie will pick up a deranged John Hurt, an old flame and a unknown Son!
I won't fill in the innards of the story because it ...
The sequel to THE SKULLS, this is the tale of Ryan Sommers, who after joining the Skulls, witnesses a murder and find that his life becomes out of control...
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date
26/08/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
902 608 9
Barcode
3259190260894
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
A sequel to 2000's THE SKULLS, THE SKULLS II once again delves into the world of a secret Ivy League society known as the Skulls (loosely based on Yale's Skull & Bones fraternity). Here, new inductee Ryan Sommers (Dunne) faces a dilemma when, soon after having taken an oath not to betray any of the society's secrets or its powerful members, he witnesses a murder inside the Skulls' private chambers. Pressured by the authorities and convinced that his brothers in the Skulls are watching him, Ryan must decide between telling the truth or dealing with the wrath of his increasingly menacing brothers.
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