Product Details

• Actors: Sean Patrick Flanery, Christopher Lee, Benedict Taylor, Matthew Wait, Patrick Ryecart
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount \ Lucasfilm
• VHS Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792158377
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,985 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

It's spy vs. spy as Indiana Jones plays the Great Game of Espionage from war-weary Austria to revolutionary Russia. Indy finds he must enlist the help of Habsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the palace of Emperor Karl of Austria. Endangering his life and the lives of his royal charges, Indy gambles all in a desperate attempt to bring the war more quickly to an end. Then, in chaos-ridden Russia, Indy finds his espionage work once again threatening lives when he infiltrates a group of young Bolsheviks and begins to sympathize with their plight. As the country lurches toward revolution, Indy finds himself torn between loyalty to his friends and his military duty. This gripping saga was written by Frank Darabont, acclaimed screenwriter and director of the Academy Award nominated film "The Shawshank Redemption."

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great movie by George Lucas, November 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 13 - Adventures in the Secret Service [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great movie first taking place in Austria during WW1 . Young Indiana escorts 2 princes to meet their sister and brother -in-law to make a pact for Austria to joinn the French. The second part takes place also during WW1 and the russians this time take center stage. For all those who like the works of Lucas and Spielberg this is a must for every collection

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great first half, strange second half, July 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 13 - Adventures in the Secret Service [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first half of this video is great, it starts out with an amusing instance of mistaken identity, as two Austrian princes, who are also French lieutenants, mistake Indy for a delivery boy because he's riding a bike and his uniform is covered up by his coat. They run him off the road with their car, and are later shocked to learn that he's not only not a delivery boy, but that he's a captain, outranking them. Indy, still insulted, isn't impressed to then learn that they are royalty. This doesn't get the relationship off to a very good start, and so of course Indy is assigned to escort them across the border to Austria.

There are more great moments of humor in the first half, along with lots of running around, and it's all very entertaining. Indy is somewhat grumpy the whole time, which, come to think of it, made him more similar to the older Indy played by Ford.

The second half finds him reassigned to Russia, which is weird in itself, but the bizzare thing was that Indy moves in with a bunch of Bosheviks, and becomes very good friends with them. How he managed this, and why, isn't addressed, since we're just plopped into the middle of his stint in Petrograd. The fact that the Bolsheviks, knowing full well that Indy is a capitalist American working for the French secret service (some secret), allow him to join their midsts is hard to believe. One girl even falls in love with him.

Indy dislikes desk work, and so did I. It was rather boring, watching him mull around the stacks of paper looking like they meant something to him, but we never understand what. He never really did anything in this half, except fail at just about everything he was supposed to be doing. The ending was the worst ending yet, and left me wondering just what we were supposed to make of Indy's politics.

The second half is good for two things, 1: showing that Indy still has a whole lot of growing up to do, and 2: that his birthday is in July (some trivia if you ever need it). But the first half was great, so the video is worth it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Confusing plot, but on the whole a good movie, June 13, 2001

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Stuart Humpert (Napa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Chapter 13 - Adventures in the Secret Service [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is good on the whole, although it does have a few flaws.

The movie starts out with Indy helping 2 Austrian brothers get to Austria through the German barricades. This first half of the movie is good and has a lot of suspense. But once they get to Austria and Indy is re-assigned to Russia, the plot falls apart. It gets very confusing, and character development is underdone. There is some guy that is chasing Indy throughout the first half of the movie, and we never know who he really is. And then suddenly Indy is friends with some people in Russia, and we don't know how they came to be friends. It sort of clears up at the end when the Bolsheviks march through the streets of St. Petersburg, but even then, it is still confusing.

Other than that, it is a good movie, and the portrayal of spying here is magnificently accurate. If you're a fan of Indiana Jones, this is worth seeing, but if you're not, you should probably think before seeing this movie.