
Variety
Just as "Return of the Jedi" seemed disappointing after the first two "Star Wars" entries, so does "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" come as a letdown after "Raiders of the Lost Ark." This is ironic, because director Steven Spielberg has packed even more thrills and chills into this followup than he did into the earlier pic, but to exhausting and numbing effect.
End result is like the proverbial Chinese meal, where heaps of food can still leave one hungry shortly thereafter.
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