Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull introduces Shia LaBeouf to the Indiana Jones world and is completely predictable.  

This installment goes the Area 51 route and ties it to South American alien conspiracies.  While not ground breaking (if you expected that) or even as good as the first three, it is entertaining and is does a good job of wrapping up the Indy Franchise, while giving nods to the characters and films that came before it (Keep an eye out for the Ark in the first 20 minutes).

Indy is not quite the action hero he once was but Ford does a good job of portraying  Jones as an archaeologist who realizes his best days are behind him.  I didn't quite get the whole "Colonel Henry Jones" international spy angle that they alluded to but it was more or less inconsequential to the overall story. 

The film teases you at some point about the potential continuation of the franchise, but I think everyone realized this was the end and quite frankly it needed to be. 

The movie was fun and it was an Indy worship fest, bringing everything full circle and adding closure to some loose ends. It wasn't the best Indy movie or even the best movie but Indy fans will be entertained.  The sad thing is, there isn't much to say about this film.  Cate Blanchette comes off as very Boris and Natasha ("Look, Moose and Squirrel!") but the film overall is just a sensory pleaser and does have the same "it" factor of the priors.  The action lacked at times and the character development was non-existant.  LaBeouf was a caricature of the era's greaser movement and all of the other characters and story angles seemed to fit into neat little cubby holes.

One thing I do fear is that if Indiana Jones does not end here, it is in severe danger of having jumped the shark.  I enjoyed the movie and if you suspend belief, certain historical accuracies and accept the cheese factor you will too.

This movie is about as good as this review.  Despite of inner Indy fan wanting to rate this movie higher than I am going to... I give it 2 1/2 out of 5 bullwhips.