May 24,1989
Indiana Jones, famed adventurer and archaeologist acquires a diary that holds clues and a map with no names to find the mysterious Holy Grail- which was sent from his father, Dr. Henry Jones, in Italy. Upon hearing from a private collector, Walter Donavan, that the mission for the Holy Grail went astray with the disappearance of his father, Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody venture to Italy in search of Indy's father. However, upon retrieving Dr. Henry Jones in Nazi territory, the rescue mission turns into a race to find the Holy Grail before the Nazis do- who plan to use it for complete world domination for their super-race. With the diary as a vital key and the map with no names as a guide, Indiana Jones once again finds himself in another death defying adventure of pure excitement.
nudity | (44:02) Indy and Elsa kiss passionately a couple times and then drop to the floor in bathrobes, still kissing. (52:57) Indy Sr hints that he slept with Elsa, "She talks in her sleep". (57:41) Elsa kisses Indy while he is tied up. (1:13:39) It is lightly implied through dialogue that both Indy and his father have sex with Elsa at different times. |
violence | 1/10 A man ages rapidly - his skin rots, his eyes shrink into their sockets, and his hair grows long. Then he turns into a skeleton and shatters on the wall. A man is decapitated, and his head rolls toward the camera (no blood). A man is shot in the head and blood dribbles down his face - we see the bullet stuck in his forehead. A man is shot in the stomach and a large amount of blood soaks through his shirt. Indy shoots through three Nazis with a powerful pistol; bloody bullet holes are seen in each of their backs. A group of men is gunned down by the Nazis; we see one of them laying on the ground with many patches of blood on his clothes. Indy guns down two Nazis with no blood. A man is thrown under a moving tank tread, but his actual death is not shown. Several soldiers in a car get stuck on the turret of a tank, a colonel orders to shoot the car off the tank with living soldiers still inside, and then the tank flattens the remains of the car with the men inside. A man is thrown off a cliff, and we see a close-up of his screaming face as he falls. Then we briefly see him rolling under the tank as it lands. Much hand-to-hand combat and gun fighting. Some explosions. All of the violence is very mild, slapstick and played for laughes. Nothing to be concerned about. Home Alone is more violent than Last Crusade. |
profanity | 2/10 A few utterances of "Hell" and "Damn". One use of "Jesus Christ". |
alcohol | 2/10 There is very limited alcoholic or drug use in the film. Elsa lights a cigarette on one scene and champagne or wine is drank in an early scene of the movie. |
frightening | 0/10 Indiana is forced to go through a path laid with deadly traps with only his father's research diary to provide him clues of how to overcome them. These include spinning blades that must be dodged being in a supplicant position, a path laden dead drop covered by fragile tiles while the safe tiles are marked by the letters of the name of God in Greek. Finally, the last test is to take a leap of faith over a chasm with seemingly no bridge; Indiana takes an apparently suicidal step, and promptly steps on a stone bridge that visually blends in with the rock face so thoroughly, it is essentially invisible from where Indy was standing. The major and most intense/frightening scene is that of the villain's death where he rapidly ages. This means that his skin rots in seconds, his hair grows and falls off, and his entire body eventually becomes a dying skeleton. His voice also becomes deep and gravelly and his eyes bulge which may frighten some of the younger viewers. Those who find rats revolting may find one scene disgusting. This film isn't nearly as intense as the first two, instead of melting faces, hearts ripped out of bodies, we instead have to listen to Mickey Mouse jokes in this one. If a child can handle the Bubble Guppies then Last Crusade shouldn't be a problem. The main thing parents need to worry about is Last Crusade is kind of an insult to the audience's intelligence. If Spielberg had appealed this movie for a G-rating he probably would have gotten it. Suggested MPAA Rating: G (although does contain some very mild slapstick violence). |