When her butler suggests some possible missions, she turns each location down. It begins with Lara rejecting the opportunity to go raid some tombs. So, 16 years later: Does it hold up? Viewed today, Tomb Raider feels, fittingly enough, like a relic of its era.
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Arriving near the peak popularity of the video-game series on which it’s based, Tomb Raider grossed hundreds of millions of dollars, and almost instantly became Jolie’s highest-grossing movie to date. Into that mix came the year’s biggest movie starring a woman: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, with Angelina Jolie in the title role. And most of the year’s biggest action hits-which included The Mummy Returns, Rush Hour 2, and Jurassic Park III-were sequels to franchises that were already on the decline. Spider-Man, which kicked off our modern superhero era, was still a year away. The first Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings movies heralded a boom in large-scale fantasy. Overall, these movies are a lot more fun than expected, and it was worth it to see Angelina Jolie’s performance as badass Lara Croft, which was an unexpected delight.Two thousand one was a strange time for the blockbuster. The fight scenes are way less fun, and there’s only really one tomb being raided in the opening sequence, with less of Lara figuring out puzzles to solve the mystery (although she does effectively MacGyver a television to make a video phone at one point). There’s also an afterschool special morality about the second that weighs the movie down, and despite an obvious increase in funding it lacks imagination. Lara travels around the world fighting evil Asian mobsters and eviler British scientists in order to find Pandora’s Box, which could destroy the world.
It lacks the first’s sense of B-grade Indiana Jones adventure, opting instead for a C-grade James Bond vibe, despite a much better supporting turn from Gerard Butler than Daniel Craig managed in the first. The second film in the series is The Cradle of Life, directed in 2003 by Jan de Bont.
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It’s a predictable ride, but an enjoyable one, full of tombs to be raided while sidekicks joke and Jolie kicks butt. Iain Glen chews the scenery with aplomb as the film’s baddie. Her father is her motivation throughout her journey, so it’s not totally surprising to discover he was mixed up with the bad guys all along. Jon Voigt, who as we all know is Angie’s real dad, plays her dad in this movie too, with a less impressive accent than Jolie’s. Everything is over the top and ridiculous, and the plot is paper-thin. There are also fun, silly moments that pull disbelief beyond suspension, but there’s a sense of joy about them. The big finale is rather gloriously steampunk, with a cool set piece and some…”special” special effects. The first film, directed by Simon West in 2001, really takes advantage of its video game roots and the opportunites afford it by a move to the big screen. Her glee at getting to fight killer robots and go dogsledding without the sled is infectious, and she really brings across the sense of B-movie adventure that these films are trying to capture. Her accent is impeccable, much better than Daniel Craig’s hatchet job American accent in the first film, and she regards everything with a cool indifference that’s perfect for the role – until she gets to do something dangerous and adventurous, at which point she comes to life. Angelina Jolie is actually really good in these movies. Even her outfits aren’t that provocative and are frequently downright practical. Much is made of her boobs and her tight outfits, but she is strong and powerful, very much in charge, and takes shit from absolutely nobody. I actually enjoyed it, and not in a solely ironic way the movie has a few good action scenes and a good sense of adventure about it, but Lara is also a genuinely cool heroine. I was fully expecting a genuinely terrible video game adaptation out of these movies, and as such I was pleasantly surprised. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life High society castle owner and video game character Lady Lara Croft, who spends her time and money hunting down rare artefacts, finds herself embroiled in mysteries that could endanger the world. Movie Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planetsįind a Review Find a Review Vintage Screens.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri & the Power of Women’s Anger.
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