Indiana Jones: This inconsistency in the Temple of Doom finds its answer only in an unseen scene!

Set chronologically before Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom sent our favorite archeologist to India to fight a nefarious sect that kept children as slaves and worked in the mines to find the last stone of Saint Sankara. The children are abducted by members of a sect called the Thugs, worshipers of the goddess Kali, who personifies death and destruction, and who perform sacrifices.

Considered (often regretfully by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas) as the darkest film in the saga (like The Empire Strikes Back for Star Wars), but not enough to merit an “R” (restricted) rating, which is forbidden to the uninitiated. 17 years), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom encourages the leaders of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to create a new rating: the now famous “PG-13”, which indicates that certain scenes in the film may shock children under the age of thirteen, and therefore we strongly recommend them They were accompanied by their parents.

The film has a number of memorable scenes, infused with a sense of rhythm that is both brilliant and exhausting, like a giant roller coaster ride. The opening scene at a night club in Shanghai, the legendary dinner scene at Pankot Palace…

What we’re particularly interested in here is the escape sequence of our favorite heroes on a minecart being chased by the villainous Mola Ram’s thugs. A pure roller coaster sequence, literally.

Here it is again for fun…

The question we ask ourselves is why would Indy, Demi Looney, and Willy take the insane risk of escaping this way, when moments earlier they could have simply escaped with all the children held captive in the mine and set them free? It is not clear…

Except that the answer to this legitimate question, which seems to explain the inconsistency in the film, is actually resolved in the Temple of Doom cut, of which only a few frames remain:

The children were actually evacuated by walking across the lava pit on a fragile wooden plank placed in the sacrificial room, as seen in another shot of Indy helping the children.

But that board catches fire when Crescent tries to borrow it, ending up disintegrating. Indy and his two landlords then have no choice but to escape through the mine.