Well, colour me surprised. I thought this was my least favourite of the series, had believed some recent talk about the annoying Short Round, borderline racism etc, but none of it holds. This is riproaring from the Bugsy Malone meets Blade Runner start to the simply stunning rope bridge finale, passing through genuinely creepy crawlie, jump round every corner, horror and mine rollercoasters midway. I personally find Short Round hilarious, and John Williams adds even more catchy themes to the series score. The whole thing is just breathtakingly non-stop, at times almost hilariously so – it’s still semi-episodic in structure but rather than the episodes starting and finishing in their entirety they just keep on coming and flowing into one another. I absolutely loved it this time around, I think it’s this one that Crystal Skull will really have a hard time topping for me.

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