Once Lara makes it to the island, the myth of this evil royal turns out to be the most interesting thing the film has going for it. When it comes time to sign over the company to her, Lara discovers a clue that sends her on an adventure around the world to an uninhabited island in Japan that supposedly holds the remains of a Queen who brought death to all she touched that was buried alive and forgotten. Long declared dead, the memory of Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West, John Carter) lives on in his daughter who still can’t fully accept he’s gone. That’s when Ana Miller (Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour) appears as Croft’s guardian and she’s none too pleased with her ward’s antics.Īfter her globe-hopping employer disappeared, Miller was left to take care of his young daughter and the vast family estate and business that bears his name. Mountain biking her way around town working for a delivery service, she proves she’s one of the guys early on during a spirited race through the city streets that leads to trouble with the law. Vikander’s impressive abs actually appear onscreen before she does when she’s found sparring in a London gym and getting her butt whupped. Vikander’s Croft is less self-assured than Jolie’s previous incarnation and that makes for a nice entry point to her world. While the first half of the film lays some nice groundwork in re-introducing audiences to our heroine, there’s precious little in the way of overall payoff during the last hour of action. With direction from Roar Uthaug, a Norwegian who first made a splash with his 2015 film The Wave and scripted by Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Alastair Siddons (fairly new names on the screenwriting scene) the results of this new take on an old premise are decidedly mixed. With Jolie declining to continue, the series sputtered out until a recent reinvention of the game got Hollywood interested in further adventures of Lara Croft.Įnter recent Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Alicia Vikander ( The Danish Girl) who beat out a host of fresh faced ladies for the role of feisty Lara Croft in a reboot of Tomb Raider. That’s important to note because while most fans of the video game didn’t care for the Jolie adventures I found them to be pleasant (if slight) diversions and a noble attempt to introduce a strong female into the male-dominated halls of gamer heroes. Review: I’m more of a Mario guy so I don’t pledge allegiance to Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider series of games that originally spawned two movies starring Angeline Jolie in 20. Stars: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Sir Derek Jacobi, Kristin Scott Thomas A woman competes in a cycle chase and makes some risky moves in London traffic however, there are consequences when the woman crashes into a police car and is arrested.Synopsis: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. There is a brief close-up as a man stitches up the resulting wound. Injury detail After falling from the wreckage of a plane, a woman has a sharp piece of rusty metal embedded in her stomach with sight of some blood around it. Supernatural threat occurs when a man becomes diseased after touching a corpse: his skin pustulates and blackens and he tries to attack people. There is gun threat when a man and a woman are captured. Threat and horror There is an intense scene in which a ship becomes caught in a storm and huge waves knock a woman over a few times. The violence does not dwell on detail, or focus on injuries and blood. There is some sporting violence with two women fighting in the ring, including a couple of impactful kicks and punches, flips and MMA submission holds. Violence Scenes of moderate violence include a man being knocked out with a rifle butt, people being shot with both bullets and arrows, and a woman drowning a man in some shallow water.
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