<P> Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation of the film by writer David Michelinie and artists Jackson Guice, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, and Bob Camp . It was published as Marvel Super Special #30 and as a three - issue limited series . </P> <P> LucasArts and Atari Games promoted the film by releasing an arcade game . Hasbro released a toy line based on the film in September 2008 . </P> <P> The film received mixed reviews upon its release, but over the years the film's reception has shifted to a more positive tone . On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85%, based on 63 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3 / 10 . The site's critical consensus reads, "It may be too' dark' for some, but Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom remains an ingenious adventure spectacle that showcases one of Hollywood's finest filmmaking teams in vintage form ." On Metacritic the film has a rating of 57 out of 100, based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". </P> <P> Roger Ebert gave the film a perfect four - star rating, calling it "the most cheerfully exciting, bizarre, goofy, romantic adventure movie since Raiders, and it is high praise to say that it's not so much a sequel as an equal . It's quite an experience ." Vincent Canby felt the film was "too shapeless to be the fun that Raiders is, but shape may be beside the point . Old - time, 15 - part movie serials didn't have shape . They just went on and on and on, which is what Temple of Doom does with humor and technical invention ." Neal Gabler commented that "I think in some ways, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was better than Raiders of the Lost Ark . In some ways it was less . In sum total, I'd have to say I enjoyed it more . That doesn't mean it's better necessarily, but I got more enjoyment out of it ." Colin Covert of the Star Tribune called the film "sillier, darkly violent and a bit dumbed down, but still great fun ." Pauline Kael, writing in The New Yorker, claimed it was "one of the most sheerly pleasurable physical comedies ever made ." Halliwell's Film Guide described the film as a "slow - starting adventure romp with much ingenuity and too much brutality and horror ." </P>

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