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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis movie is one of the most relentlessly nonstop action pictures ever made, with a virtuoso series of climactic sequences that must last an hour and never stop for a second. It's a roller-coaster ride, a visual extravaganza, a technical triumph, and a whole lot of fun.
- 80EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanThe sustained furore of humour, visual panache and headlong momentum makes for dazzling cinema.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineTemple of Doom doesn't so much pay tribute to the serial adventures of yore as it does embody them. Here, frivolity and evil blithely coexist—and women are a lot more likely to scream than win drinking contests.
- 70TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissThe new film is more an embellishment than an improvement on the snazzy Raiders.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIndy's companions are weak; we don't identify with them the way we did with Marion and Sallah. There's less action and more overt comedy, and neither change works to the benefit of the story.
- 60The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyWatching it is like spending a day at an amusement park, which is probably what Mr. Spielberg and his associates intended. It moves tirelessly from one ride or attraction to the next, only occasionally taking a minute out for a hot dog, and then going right on to the next unspeakable experience.
- 50NewsweekJack KrollNewsweekJack KrollSpielberg has gone to such lengths to avoid boredom that he has leaped squarely into the opposite trap: this movie has such unrelenting action that it jackhammers you into a punch-drunk stupor. This may be the first movie whose audience O.D.'s on action. [4 June 1984, p.78]
- 50Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyIt has more complex stunts, more technical perfection, and more than a touch of genius. It's fun at both ends. But it's also mean-spirited and corrupt at its core.
- 40VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthySpielberg is such a talented director it’s a shame to see him lose all sense of subtlety and nuance.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The heroic irony that was hilarious in Raiders is merely ridiculous here, and the half-tribute/half-parody of the adventure genre is toyed with to threadbare extremes. [23 May 1984]