‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ movie review: Harrison Ford’s farewell to the franchise is a delightful exercise

Yes, nostalgia is toxic, but Alan Moore must have been talking of the mindless variety, that blindly insists the good old days were the best. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Director: James Mangold Starring: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore, Mads Mikkelsen Story line: An artefact that can alter time, with some horrid people after it is reason enough for Dr. Jones’ goddaughter to coax the globe-trotting archaeologist out of retirement Run time: 154 minutes So it is with James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth movie in the franchise that started with 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, which introduced Indiana Jones, an archaeologist who goes all over the world saving artefacts from the bad guys. Dial of Destiny, starting with the 25-minute gob-smacking opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Indy fighting the old faithfuls, the Nazis, in a crumbling building, a train and sundry locomotives, and ending in a battle 2000 years ago, is so full of fun and poignancy as to be absolutely irresistible. Apart from that, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny delivers on all its promises from breathless action and the sweetest love story to a historical Macguffin with a touch of supernatural and finished with that rousing score from John Williams. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is currently running in theatres