Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate is Harrison Ford’s beautiful farewell to his beloved character

Harrison Ford still looks great in the Indiana Jones hatthe daring professor and archaeologist who led the most heroic crusades of the 1980s with three films directed and conceived by Steven Spielberg and George Lucaswho had previously chosen Ford as Han Solo, his cunning bounty hunter from the Star Wars saga.

But if you start looking at the new band Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fatewhich will be released on Thursday, June 29, it will be difficult for you to discover that heroic attitude in the protagonist. During the first minutes of the tape, the audience finds themselves in front of a doctor Henry Jones Jr. who, having lost his taste for teaching, is about to retire from the Academy and, above all, is immersed in a daily routine that has disappeared. your thirst for adventure. That panorama will change with the appearance of Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller Bridge), the daughter of a good old friend of Indy’s.

“I’ve always wanted to close the story and see the character in the last years of his career or even his life. and because I had a great script, that was my last push to continue with this project,” revealed Ford, now 80 years old, in a virtual press conference in which Diario EL UNIVERSO participated. “I was very moved when I read the story that Jim (James Mangold, director of the film) told me, so for me there was no longer any barrier to telling another episode. I felt ambition to do it”.

And while the protagonist finds himself in a new facet of his life, his enemies are a bit more traditional: the Nazis. specifically, the villainous Jürgen Voller, played by Mads Mikkelsen, who, following in Hitler’s footsteps, seeks greatness through a historical artifact which, as he affirms, conceals a great power which would put him above even his Führer.

For many, this fifth film will be Harrison’s farewell to his iconic role. “(Make this movie) It has been a very unique experience, which feels no different, but feels very nice because of the way this is farewell, It feels great to me because I think we have a movie that’s going to be a crowd pleaser. We’ve shown our interest in the character and formed a story that will allow us to bring him back into their lives. It’s a beautiful farewell”.

Fans of the saga will also be delighted the return of John Rhys-Davies, who plays Sallah, a recurring ally and friend in all Indiana tapes. Although Sallah is now a family man, he has not lost his courage and drive to save and help Indy when he is in need.

In addition, the script retains the thrilling high-speed chase sequences and the dynamism of the plot progressing through the findings and inferences of its protagonists. The youthful and mischievous element of the movie, very much in the style of Short roundperformed in 1984 by the now Oscar-winning Ke Huy Quan, arrives with new teen star Ethann Isidore (Teddy).

True to tradition, the soundtrack is provided by composer John Williams.

In the middle of the adventure, for James Mangold, the most important treasure was the core of the story. “Obviously there is a lot of logistics, stunts, hunting and shooting in many different places, escapes (…). But the biggest challenge, and I think that was the focus of my work, was making sure the film has heart and that this wonderful cast has the space to bring their human side to a large-scale film. There’s no reason a blockbuster shouldn’t have humanity.”