When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life.
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The way snake, rats, and debatably horses are handled by the cast within the film implies they were, but not severely. The scene where the tunnel of rats is burned used props instead of live animals.
(see section on abusive parents) Indy's father never comes around. By the end of the movie, he's still disrespecting his son, and Indy replies "yes sir" instead of arguing.
Indy expresses concerns about his emotionally neglectful childhood. "Indy Sr" is dismissive of these concerns while repeatedly behaving in a way that corroborates them.
One scene during Indy's childhood where his father won't talk to him until he's counted to twenty in Greek. Present day scenes include his father slapping him in the face as a punishment, refusing to use his son's preferred name, and the line "you left as soon as you were getting interesting" which seems to imply he feels justified in neglecting "uninteresting" children.
SPOILERS: While in Venice, Indiana and Elsa are watched and later chased by a secret organization who are descendants of protectors intending to keep the location of the Grail secret. After Indiana proves his disinterest in the Grail outside of searching for his father, they do not pursue him beyond this point (but they do engage in battle with the Nazi forces later in the film).
Elsa tricks Donovan by deliberately choosing the wrong cup to get him out of the way. She smiles and nods at Indy when Donovan picks it up. She knows Indy will find the right cup and wants Indy and her to have it .
Numerous scenes with horseback riding, corraled animals and live chicken in a market. Around 1h25 there are horses involved in a fight. One of them is brought to the ground in an attempt to subdue the rider. The same horse is put under distress shortly after, 1h31m should be safe.
There is a scene where Indy and his dad are being chased by a Nazi plane, after they fly away from the zeppelin, where the dad makes seagulls fly up from the beach. The Nazi plane gets hit by the seagulls. Not bloody or excessive but the seagulls crash into windshield and get caught in the propellers.
In the prologue, Indiana falls into a snake pit on a circus train whilst fleeing tomb raiders. It's very much traumatic for him (and explains the origin of the character's fear of snakes in the previous films).
While it may skirt the definition of "assault", the antagonistic foreplay between Indiana and Elsa in Venice might be a bit cringe-worthy by today's standards.
One guy is decapitated (offscreen but barely) with his head seen immediately after. There are other decapitated bodies seen with a subtle blood splat near them.
A man is decapitated by the whirly blades while trying to get past all the traps. As he approaches, he looks down at other dead men who were also decapitated moments before.
No squished but a couple of characters heads are cut off trying to get through the traps. It's brief abs and only one is shown, and his head bounces away
Surprisingly, there isn't actually any main jump-scares. The sudden Loud gunshots is the only close factor to it.
Total Jump Scare Count: 1 (1 Minor)
(Minor) (1:43:05) (Henry gets shot by Walter - Although we see it coming, a loud gunshot may be startling for sensitive viewers)
Not strictly speaking; however, the supernatural forces that protect the Grail and prevent it from leaving its resting place cause the temple it resides within to collapse when one of the antagonists tries to remove it from the premises.
There is NO vomit, nothing even close that resembles vomiting ie. Gagging, spitting up etc. The yes votes are completely wrong. We have a child with dx emetophobia and there is no issue.
Henry Sr. calls Indy “Junior” throughout the film because they have the same birthname. Indy prefers being called “Indiana” or “Dr. Jones,” which Henry fails to use instead.
The main antagonists are Nazis and thus there are many scenes that portray Nazi imagery. One scene takes place at a book burning, where in the protagonist disguises himself as a soldier to infiltrate and steal from them. Hitler (portrayed by an actor) is shown and briefly interacts with him.
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Elsa Shneider, the protagonist's love interest is revealed to be a Nazi and becomes an antagonist.
The Nazi antagonists, including Elsa, are defeated by the end of the film.
Sallah is unfortunately played by a white actor instead of an Egyptian one but aside from Dial of Destiny, this probably has the least misrepresentation out of the series. However, there are other stereotypes of Middle Eastern people at play here (including a violent cult/terror group who wear fez hats and keffiyeh (the latter playing into the “violent Muslim” trope although the cult is actually Christian), led by a man who calls himself “a messenger of God”). A Turkish bazaar is implicitly “backwards” in one scene. A villain at the start is the “evil disabled person” trope (he uses a cane).
This was one of Denholm Elliot’s last roles and his character also died between this and Crystal Skull but his character was never confirmed as LGBTQIA+.
Religion is significant in every Indiana Jones film aside from Dial of Destiny but it's probably at its most prominent here. The whole plot is about Indy setting off to retrieve the Holy Grail from a Crusader. The film also begins with a separate plotline where Indy tries to take a Spanish crucifix from a millionaire. Henry Sr. is saved with holy water taken from the true Holy Grail, while the main villain is killed by water from a false one. There is a brief discussion about whether Indy seeks the Grail for his glory or Jesus'. A Middle Eastern terrorist cult is present but it's a Christian one rather than the Islamist stereotype.
Mostly implicit; Indiana and Elsa get intimate after a heated fight. In a later scene, there's a winking implication that Elsa also had a short-lived relationship with Indiana's father. "She talks in her sleep."
SPOILER: Mostly happy. Elsa falls to her doom despite Indiana trying to save her but rides off to the sunset with the comfort that he was able to reconcile with the father he did end up saving by the film's end and the Grail is forever out of the hands of the Nazi.