2008 Summer Movie Guide on MSN Movies

We're officially excited. Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" will be opening May 22 -- 19 years since its last installment ("Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"), and 27 years since its first old movie style adventure, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," a picture some of us hold with higher regard than "Star Wars." But Spielberg and George Lucas aside, a lot of that has to do with Harrison Ford. He brought a weathered masculinity, intelligence and oodles of charm to his adventurous, academic archaeologist. He was a hero who nonchalantly (and hilariously) shot a sword-twirling bad guy, wielded a mean bull whip, and went head to head with crazy Nazis, but can't stand the sight of snakes. So here we are with older Indy, a young Shia LaBeouf, a hot-to-trot villainess Cate Blanchett and (swoon) the re-entry of Indy's true love, Marion Ravenwood (played by Karen Allen). Since we're thinking this might be the last we see of ol' Indy (Ford will soon be 66 years old), we're looking at some of the newer (and older) action stars gracing our screens. Some barely in their 20s, some more seasoned (remember, Ford was 39 in the first Indy movie), these guys might become almost as iconic as Ford. Almost, because, honestly, that's asking a lot. Here's to the new breed! 

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