Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) by Kendall P — 26 Feb 2013

A must see for action movie fans! One of my favorites!

This review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) was written by Kendall P on 26 Feb 2013.

Raiders of the Lost Ark has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Raiders of the Lost Ark

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Mark Jay K (158) on 25 Nov 2018

I prefer The Last Crusade over this movie, but this is obviously the movie that introduced us to Indy, which will soon become our favorite…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Mike V (837) on 09 May 2018

Una de las mejores películas de aventuras de la historia. Sí, tienes sus fallitos y sus cosas, pero sigue siendo una obra genial innimitable…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Aj_13 (170) on 08 Sep 2022

THE GOOD: Raiders of the Lost Ark resulted to be lighter than expected, turning out to be a hilarious adventure…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By J T (202) on 03 May 2018

Funny, riveting, and full of action, Raiders of the Lost Ark is an instant classic…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Adverb (21) on 04 Feb 2021

I've seen thousands of movies and this one stands up. Maybe the best movie ever made…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Jeremy N (321) on 31 Aug 2018

Raiders of the Lost Ark was an intense, entertaining film…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Alejandro970 (859) on 19 Jun 2020

This is a reminder of what an adventure cliffhanger movie is for: action, exotic locations, endearing characters, comedy, and poisonous vermins…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Jacob W (617) on 25 Dec 2018

Classic movie. Amazing movie, love every bit of it…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By David S (4,459) on 22 Apr 2018

Raiders of the lost ark is a master piece by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and is the best action film I've ever seen with some great acting…

Read Review

Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Lofu_Agfy (13) on 11 Nov 2020

This adventure flick, which mixes the Western movie formula and special effects in their infant days, represents the American mainstream cinema…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of John Carter (2012)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 08 Mar 2012

Stanton's screenwriting skills are, on this evidence, slightly below those of George Lucas, so there's plenty of clunky exposition and such…

Read Review

Review of Man of Steel (2013)

By 117Dilushamc (6) on 13 Jun 2013

There is no story-telling!Last 45 minutes of time is only action.Overloaded with actions, and of course very less humanity…

Read Review

Review of We Were Strangers (1949)

By Robin Karney (5) for Radio Times (2,421) on 17 Aug 2015

Even though it dissipates its serious political theme with too much mechanical detail, the film is still tense and atmospheric…

Read Review

Review of The Runestone (1991)

By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Apr 2011

For all its pretensions, The Runestone is just another routine horror picture featuring a big hairy monster on the loose…

Read Review

Review of Souls at Sea (1937)

By Greg W (4,011) on 18 Nov 2013

Paramount's answer to 1935's 'mutiny on the bounty' (from MGM)…

Read Review

Review of King Solomon's Mines (1950)

By Tanya P (265) on 04 Jul 2007

Meh. Romance develops between guide and married woman whose husband they are tracking…

Read Review

Review of Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade (2005)

By Nathan S (826) on 07 May 2008

I have only seen the last 5 minutes or so of this movie…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews