The fun continues with the Temple of Doom. This movie precedes the Lost Ark as it is before WWII. Dr. Jones is again seeking his fortune and glory with Short Round (Ke Huy Quan), A Chinese boy who drives and covers Dr. Jones' back side, and Willie (Kate Capshaw) an American singer who is performing in Shang Hai when she becomes part of the Dr. Jones entourage. Fortune brings them to India, after they escape a crashing airplane on a raft boat. There a shaman has been waiting for them, and they are sent on a quest to recover a stone from Pankot Palace. When they arrive they are welcomed by the young Maharajah (Raj Singh). Jones Willie and Short Round follow some tunnels under the temple and come upon some worshippers of Kali in the act of performing a human sacrifice. The priest, Mola Ram (Amrish Puri) pulls out the victims heart with his hand and holds it until it burns up as he is fed to the lava. They also discover they have captured children and enslaved them to look for more stones. Our three heroes are captured by the cult, Short Round is enslaved as well, Jones is given a serum which makes hime a zombie slave to the cult, and Willie is the next sacrificial victim.
This movie has two intense chase scenes. One with Short Round driving and the other on mining cars. It also as an intense scene on a bridge with alligators below. This is a fun movie, just not quite as fu as the original.
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