'Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull' has it all: snakes, Area 51, dastardly villains (Russians taking over from the Nazis), giant ants, quicksand, a nuclear explosion, the fedora and leather jacket, ancient civilisations, Mayan temples, the Amazon jungle, motorcycle chases, aliens, high speed fist-fights and, well, yes, those crystal skulls.

Oh, and the faint smell of mothballs. After close on 20 years in the wilderness, the hair's greyer, the jawline slacker, the crack of the whip not quite as crisp. But it's not just Indy showing his age. Spielberg and Lucas are still unmatched in creating exhilarating thrill rides, but the filmmakers have been blinded by the dazzle of CGI. Or perhaps they've become lazy in their latter years — digital effects mean the signature action sequence isn’t as dangerous or iconic as the rolling boulder and the mine rollercoaster of Indy's past.

The story too is a little creaky in places, but through self-deprecating humour ("hello grandpa") excels at portraying the archaeologist as a pensioner in a new era (the 1950s). And in acknowledging the character's advancing age, it successfully shifts the heavy lifting to the appropriately charming and playful Shia LaBeouf.

But Harrison Ford's not going to Shady Pines just yet. He's still game — flashing that impish grin, delivering those droll lines with a sparkle in his eyes — and 'Crystal Skull' still thrills.

Extras:

'The Return Of A Legend' is a typically slick but brief look at the making of the fourth Indiana Jones film that focuses on Ford, Spielberg and Lucas while brushing over subjects like the struggle to find a script all three liked. Most interesting fact: taking his '50s sci-fi obsession a little far, Lucas wanted to call it 'Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men'. 'Pre-production' focuses on subjects like creating the entire project in computer graphics before a single shot was filmed, finding the right costume, hiring LaBeouf and getting Ford back in the character. But both featurettes are just a taste of the exhaustive bonus features on the two-disc edition — if you really want to go behind the scenes, dig that out instead.