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★★★☆☆ Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (2008)

Plot: In this fourth installment, Indiana Jones (Ford) returns once again to action. This time, it’s 1957 and the daring Dr. Jones must venture into the jungles of South America in a race against Soviet agents to find the mystical Crystal Skull.

 
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★★★★☆ Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)

Plot: When his father (Connery) goes missing while searching for the Holy Grail, archaeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones (Ford) must follow in his father’s footsteps and find the true hiding place of the Grail before the Nazis do.

 
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★★★½☆ Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom (1984)

Plot: After stumbling across a village in India, archaeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones (Ford) is asked to find a sacred stone that has been stolen from the village, along with all of the children. Indy discovers that the sacred stone - and the children - are being used in evil rituals by a newly re-emerging Thuggee cult…and that’s just the beginning.

 
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★★★★☆ Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

Plot: It’s 1936. Archaeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones (Ford) is recruited by the US Government to locate the famous Ark of the Covenant before Hitler - and Jones’ nemesis Belloq (Freeman) - can use it’s legendary power for their own nefarious purposes.

 

★★★½☆ Firewall (2006)

Plot: Bank security expert Jack Stanfield (Ford) is a master at designing infallible theft-proof financial computer systems. When a ruthless criminal mastermind (Bettany) kidnaps his family, Jack is forced to find a flaw in his system and steal $100 million. With the lives of his wife and children at stake and under constant surveillance, he has only hours to find a loophole in the thief’s own impenetrable system of subterfuge and false identities to beat him at his own game.

 
 
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★★★★☆ Air Force One (1997)

Plot: Air Force One, the president’s airplane, has been hijacked. On board are President James Marshall (Ford), the First Lady (Crewson) and their daughter (Matthews). While Vice President Kathryn Bennett (Close) tries to deal with the terrorists’ demands at the White House, Marshall must do whatever he can to stop terrorist leader Ivan Korshunov (Oldman) on the plane.

 
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★★½☆☆ K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Plot: In 1961, in an effort to show the United States they have submarines capable of launching nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union prepares K-19, a nuclear submarine, for launch. Taking command of the ship is Captain Alexei Vostrikov (Ford), with Mikhail Potenin (Neeson) as his executive officer. When the ship begins to malfunction, they must choose between the lives of the crew…or the beginning of World War III. Inspired by actual events.

 
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★★★★½ Patriot Games (1992)

Plot: Jack Ryan (Ford) is visiting England with his family when an unprecedented terrorist attack on the Royal Family happens right before his eyes. Unable to just stand by and watch it happen, Ryan gets involved, and kills one of the terrorists. Another terrorist, Sean Miller (Bean), is captured, and Ryan learns that Sean is brother to the man he killed. Now Sean is out for a little bit of payback, and Ryan will have to watch his (and his family’s) backs. Based on the novel by Tom Clancy.

 
  
     
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