Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74497 in DVD
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Format: NTSC
• Original language: Arabic, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Nepali, Spanish

Customer Reviews

Raiders of the Lost Ark
America entered a conservative period after the Iranian hostage crisis. Ronald Reagan became president, and Raiders was the big movie. It is a throwback to the serials and politics of 1936. Harrison Ford is archaeologist Indiana Jones. The Jones character is a fedora-wearing, bull whip-slinging, adventurer who fights Nazis while traveling the world in search of ancient treasures. The Ark is the chest which held the Ten Commandments. The Nazis want it because legend has it that any army which possesses it will be invincible. Indy's droll instincts save the movie. Shooting the sword-wielding Arab was unexpected. The close calls and narrow escapes are numbing.

The greatest adventure film of all time!
It ever there was a solid 5-star film, this is it.

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is a semi-ethical archaeologist who is commissioned by the U.S. Government to retrieve The Lost Ark of the Covenant from an Egyptian tomb before the rotten Nazis can get their hands on it. The sacred and dangerous Ark gets bounced around here and there and so does Jones.

This film has it all -- the flavour of an old-time Saturday matinee cliffhanger serial, but also offering superb color cinematogragraphy, incredible sets, perfect casting, and on and on. I can hardly say enough good about it.

If I have an issue, it's that you apparently have to buy the Indiana Jones Boxed set (3 movies) to get this one in the Region 1 release. So that's sort of a stinky bummer. The other two movies are okay, but not of the caliber of this one.

To me, this is one of the top films of all time of ANY genre. You can watch this one with equal glee over and over.

Strap Yourselves into Your Seat Boys and Girls...
You are in for the ride of your life! If you love adventure, romance, murder, mystery and intrigue this movie is for you. It has it all.

The expectations were high when George Lucas and Steven Spielberg got together to make this movie. They set the bar a couple of notches higher with this film.

What boy or man hasn't dreamed of finding lost treasure? And what girl or woman hasn't dreamed of a dark mysterious man who literally sweeps her off her feet and takes her for an adventure she never forgets.

From the opening scene where Indiana Jones finds a small gold statue and almost gets crushed by a giant bolder to finding of the lost arc of the covenant we follow our hero and his romantic interest through caves, tombs and wild car chases that rival any movie ever done.

Harrison Ford is exceptional as the hero who thrives on adventure. His quick mind and Critical Thinking skills get him out of many a tight situation throughout the movie. A boy at heart with the knowledge as deep as the tombs he explores. One minute he is teaching a class in archeology. The next minute he is being dragged under a truck in the desert. As he says in one telling line to Marion "It's not the years, it's the miles!"

Karen Allen plays the heroine Marion with the right mix of spunk, sexiness and the girl next door look that men desire. She can take care of herself in tough situation, but has a kind and vulnerable side as well. Her unwilling attraction to our hero provides the sparks for romance and arguments that make the movie just plain fun!

Overall this is the "Gold Standard" for action adventure movies!

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