Even as a mindless popcorn movie, I found it strangely Scene to the next but that’s all that Tomb Raiders was about more than a strong hero careening from one action Of the Lost Ark may find cause for disappointment. Something a little more along the lines of Raiders On its own will likely be thrilled with the final result. Those who care more about aĬinematic recreation of the video game than a movie that can live and breathe Kristin Scott-Thomas and Derek Jacobi have cameos as high-up Vikander’s father for the second time, after also serving that function in Testament of Youth) is adequate, if Goggins tries hard to be steel-eyed and nasty but he did a better job of it in The Hateful Eight. The bad guys are entirely one-dimensional and, with theĮxception of Lara, the good guys don’t fare much better. There’s plenty of shooting (with guns and bows), jumping,Ĭlimbing, and falling. Straightforward with only a single predictable twist and little in the way of Hours of content, the film feels stripped-down and truncated. The Tomb Raider games were obviously inspired, at least in part, by theġ981 film, but this second generation revival feels more like a retread than anĬonsidering that the average Tomb Raider (or similar) video game contains anywhere from 8 to 16 Straightforward, lacking the cliffhanger tension that made Raiders of the Lost Ark so compelling. At times, gamers may feel their thumbs twitching as if using aĬontroller to impel Lara’s movements. All the expected Tomb Raider tropes are present – if it’s in the game, it’s in the Mode and, as one might expect from an adaptation of this video game franchise, Through a combination of physicality andīrains, Lara becomes the only one who can stop Vogel’s push to bring home theįollowing an exposition-heavy first 20 minutes, whichįeatures flashbacks and various character-building shortcuts, Tomb Raider switches into all-action Once opened, the sarcophagus may hold the key to Ledīy Mathias Vogel (Walton Goggins), Trinity’s mercenaries are searching for the Pacific Island where the amoral Trinity corporation has set up a dig site. The son of the man Richard hired to transport him, Lara heads for a mysterious Her father (if he’s still alive) might be. She earns from odd jobs until one day she discovers a clue that hints at where Papers declaring her missing father to be dead. (Dominic West), she refuses her inherited fortune because she won’t sign the the daughter of wealthy businessman and adventurer Lord Richard Croft When we first meet 21-year old Lara, she’s at loose ends (In one, Lara has toĬope with something video game characters almost never face: the impact of theĪlas, an origin story. That the screenplay sneaks in between action set pieces. Her Oscar-winning skills as an actress to bear in a couple of emotional scenes She worked out obsessively toīulk up for the part and did all her own stunts. Level of eye candy or a kick-ass sex symbol. Roar Uthaug (who made the disaster film The She’s as strong and capable as any male action hero and director Hands down, Vikander is the best thingĪnd gorgeous. Played by Alicia Vikander (replacing Angelina Jolie, who took on the role in This is the second time the saga of Lara Croft has beenīrought to the screen and, for this iteration, the main character is being Result is a dilution of suspense action without suspense can be dull and Ultimate player, so it’s a given that the character is going to succeed. In a theater, the same sequencesīecome rote because there’s little suspense. Something passive, thereby robbing it of its single most valuable element.Īction sequences in a game can be exhilarating because the player participates Reducing a game – any game – to a conventional movie turns it into The Tomb Raider video games are action-oriented with playability being the key component to what makes them Unfortunately,įaithfulness to the source material doesn’t always result in the best cinematicĮxperience and this is one of those occasions. The most faithful adaptation of a video game to-date.
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