![]() She may be tiny, but Vikander is utterly ripped as Lara, more than handling herself against the copious male co-stars she must combat throughout. Whereas Angelina’s take on Lara Croft was ripped directly from the game (including extraordinary enhancements to her breasts to make them bigger), Vikander’s lithe, muscular variant is more suited to our gritty, extreme-sports world and sits comfortably into this classification of screen hero. The tomb raiding itself seems to take second place, which isn’t so much a problem as it is a refreshing change. The film doesn’t dwell on the premise so much as it does the characters, managing to make us care for our heroes moreso than any film of this kind to-date. ![]() Obviously, a film with this kind of title and expectation isn’t going to have a particularly deep story, or characters of well-rounded and complexity to evolve with, but the screenplay by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons somehow manages to make us feel an attachment to the bond between Lara and her oft-missing daddy through Vikander’s commitment to the role. Tomb Raider steers away from being bad simply through sheer force of will Roar Uthaug’s direction is the very definition of crowd-pleasing, throwing pulse-pounding action and wry humour between Walton Goggins’ withering antagonism, and the film’s dynamite score and thunderous sound mix will at the very least keep you awake throughout. There’s only a few really good ones, and a whole bag of bad. After all, it’s a “video game move” entry, and if we’re all honest with ourselves that subgenre hasn’t fared well in… well, ever really. Tomb Raider is a film that pretty quickly sells itself on high octane thrills and slam-bang adventure. She hires Hong Kong sailor Lu Ren (Daniel Wu – Europa Report, Geostorm) to take her to the island, before becoming shipwrecked and captured by ruthless mercenary Mathias Vogel (Walton Goggins – The Hateful Eight), who works for a competing expedition known as Trinity. Lara has tried to distance herself from her inheritance, due to the painful memories it brings up, however she stumbles upon a clue that could lead her to locate her father’s whereabouts: a distant island off the coast of Japan, rumoured to be the resting place of an ancient cursed myth, Hiriku. Her father, Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West – Chicago, Punisher: War Zone), a wealthy businessman, left on an expedition 7 years prior and never returned, leaving his empire in the hands of trusted partners Anna Miller (Kristen Scott Thomas – Four Weddings & A Funeral) and Mr Yaffe (Derek Jacobi – Anonymous, Murder On The Orient Express). Lara Croft (Vikander) is a young British woman living tough she has little money, delivers food as a bicycle courier, and in her spare time spars in a local gym. ![]() Norwegian director Roar Uthaug ( The Wave, The Quake) thrusts Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander ( The Danish Girl, Tulip Fever, Ex Machina) into Lara’s singlet and shorts in this reboot origin story, and tasks her with engaging in an emotional arc to contrast against the physics-defying action heroics a screenplay in this world must deliver. The video game series has always been popular, although obviously not enough to warrant more than one sequel to Jolie’s adventures – until now, that is. Essentially a modern, female Indiana Jones, Jolie’s Lara Croft has the haughty foreknowledge of education whilst the financial backing to engage in such enterprises as… well, raiding tombs. ![]() 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.Īs a non-gamer, the concept of Lara Croft as a character was utterly foreign to me back in 2001 when Angeline Jolie swung into action as the popular video game heroine. Principal Cast : Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristen Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Nick Frost, Jamie Winstone, Hannah John-Kamen, Antonio Aakeel, Duncan Airlie James.
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