Synopsis:
Lara comes from a rich background, is highly educated, speaks
a ton of languages and can fight with the biggest and best of
them. Her thing is finding long-lost tombs and uncovering artifacts
from long-lost empires. She's an extreme-experience freak, loves
to tangle with big, bad guys and beat them. In this movie she
faces a cosmic challenge: locating two separated halves of a mystical
triangle and putting them back together. The restored triangle,
which gives its new holder mastery of time, is definitely a must-have.
Timing is crucial. Lara must do this when all nine planets in
the solar system are going to be in perfect alignment – an event
that occurs every 5,000 years. And that's coming up real soon.
Lara, whose quest takes her to the ancient Tomb of the Dancing
Light in Cambodia and Siberia's Temple of Ten Thousand Shadows,
must also face friendly rival Alex West , who has joined up with
her archenemy, Manfred Powell (Iain Glen), to find the same thing.
She's assisted, as always, by her comic-relief sidekick and cyberguru,
Bryce . And on the more Obi-Wan Kenobi level, she has the legacy
of her dearly departed father to honor.
Duration: 1 hr. 33 min.
The Crew:
Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft
Jon Voight(Jolie's real-life dad) as
Lord Croft
Noah Taylor as Bryce
Daniel Craig as Alex West
Iain Glen as Manfred Powell
Leslie Phillips as Martin Swinton
Directed by :
Simon West
Produced by :Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd
Levin and Colin Wilson.
Cinematographer: Peter Menzies
Jr.
Stunt Coordinator: Simon Crane
Review:
"Tomb Raider" isn't a mind-blowing extravaganza of special effects
with a fast-paced, migraine-inducing editing style. Rather than
the mad, kinetic video-game vigor you'd expect, the movie proceeds
at a more leisurely and methodical gait.
(Washington Post)
An expensive and overblown fantasy-adventure film based on the
world's most popular video-game character, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
is a staggeringly bad picture: a shallow, cliche-ridden mess that
keeps blowing up on screen. Tomb Raider should be an embarrassment
to everybody, despite the likelihood that it may strike box-office
gold anyway -- and despite the fact that star Angelina Jolie amazingly
brings life to her video-game star role.Except for its star, Tomb
Raider is an empty, cold-blooded sham. The stunningly feeble script,
pawed over by many writers (some credited, some not), has a whiff
of desperation, especially in the opening London scenes. (Chicago
Tribune)
"Tomb Raider" is almost completely lacking in genuine thrills.
Even the attractive presence of star Angelina Jolie can't keep
this leaden, plodding, completely underwhelming film from playing
like "Lara Croft: Yawn Inducer." (Los
Angeles Times)
Prepare yourself to be fairly underwhelmed by "Tomb Raider."
The movie's violence is metallic and fast moving, but there's
not as much of it as you've come to expect. .(CNN
)
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