Kerry Conran's mammoth CGI-generated film gave us a dose of old-school campy humour, with a bunch of characters reminiscent of all we loved about Indiana Jones.

Maybe not the most original folks to ever emerge onto a script, the fact that they were played to caricatured perfection by Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and -- insert drool sound here -- Angelina Jolie, makes a franchise idea worthwhile.

A sequel should explore exactly what Jude and Ms Jolie got up to, 'back in the day'.