Can Indy Put Harrison Ford Back on Top?
the real wonders will need to come from their returning star, Harrison Ford. Jokes and skepticism have been abound for a while in whether the 65-year-old Ford can still crack the whip as well as he did two decades ago. However, the challenge isn’t just whether Ford can pass as a big action hero again. The question is whether Ford can do it well enough to break a string of disappointing and second rate movies in the last several years, and if he can return to the very high heights of his glory days. Indiana Jones helped make Ford one of the biggest stars of the 80’s, but Ford didn’t just need Jones to do so. From 1980 to about 1994, few if any actors had a string of success as long as Ford’s was, mixing action hits with critical success. In 1980, Ford came back as Han Solo in “The Empire Strikes Back” and seemed to face a tragic end. 1981, of course, was the birth of Indiana Jones as Ford became the number one star of his own franchise. 1982 brought the sci-fi classic “Blade Runner” alt
