A variety of critics and reviews have skewered the latest installment of the “Indiana Jones” series as it faces disaster at the box office.
Eighty-year-old actor Harrison Ford portrayed a grizzled, older version of the adventurous archeology professor, Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr., who had his debut in 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” However, the latest film has been trashed by movie critics and has had disappointing box office numbers.
“It’s all but official. ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ will put Disney in the red. Again,” Hollywood in Toto reported. “The fifth and presumably final film in the iconic saga opened to a weak $60 million at the U.S. box office.” The article went on to note, “’Dial of Destiny’ arrives with a bloated $295 million budget (or worse) plus millions in P&A. That means it’ll take a cinematic miracle for ‘Dial of Destiny’ to break even.”
The reviewer observed that the film is one of many recent sequels of old franchises…