The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom

If you were to show someone one episode to get them into the Young Indiana Jones series, this would be it. I believe this episode was made to shut up the naysayers that this series is bad. Many had complained that it isn't like the films it spawned from. They listened.

In this one, Young Indy and his pal Remy take the wrong train in East Africa and get mixed up with a bunch of old geezers known as "The Old and The Bold." In order for them to help them back to their unit, Indy has to take a little side mission to stop a phantom train with one big glorious action scene on the plane. Then for the second half, they have to capture a German military mastermind Colonel Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck. Many say the film slows down at this point, but I love the relationship they have with this guy.

It's not all perfect. There are still some of those George Lucas ridiculous moments like when one of them has to balance on a rope to get across one car of the train to the other while being shot at. However, the action scenes are magnificent and the score is just as good as any other Indiana Jones film.