Iraq 1922. Indiana Jones is enjoying a drink with friends when a Frenchman asks to join them. His name is Rene Belloq. It turns out there is trouble at the archeological digs as several artefacts have gone missing and two soldiers have been murdered. Soldiers enter the bar and arrest Dr. Jones; they find a stolen artefact in his jacket pocket! Belloq smiles deviously as Jones is hauled away.
Marshall College 1934. Dr. Jones has recently begun teaching. However, he has received a letter from Jerusalem that claims a map to the crown of thorns has been discovered. Marcus Brody agrees to cover Indy's classes so he can investigate.
Jerusalem. Indy arrives in Jerusalem and meets Anais Watson, the possessor of the map. The pair set out to find clues at a local church. Soon, they are trekking through the countryside to locate an ancient underground complex that contains the crown of thorns.
This low-budget fan film was the first of three to star Lluis Ortega as Indiana Jones. It has a lot of the trademarks of an Indiana Jones film. There is the map that shows his flight from New York to Jerusalem, there is the beautiful damsel with whom he must team though she may not be trustworthy, there are Nazis in search of ancient relics, and there is even Rene Belloq, the best of Indy's adversaries. Sadly, the fight choreography is weak and the action scenes are mediocre. Of course, the film is in Spanish and requires subtitles for those not fluent.
Good popcorn fun!
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