Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the midst of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the wicked Powell, who's in search of a powerful relic.
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Brilliant and touching
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
She was phenomenal in this. Appreciate her coolness now more than ever after the new "reboot" came out....
In the movies there is good nonsense and bad nonsense. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is 100% good nonsense! It won't win any awards or bowl you over with textured and deep themes or performances, but what it will provide you with is a good looking well made slice of pure fun!Angeline Jolie is wonderfully likeable as Lara, plus her English accent is flawless which further endears you to her. Red Dwarf's Chris Barrie pops up as Lara's butler and the two have genuine chemistry together when they are on screen. The film is very well directed by Simon West and it has a very polished sheen to it all plus the pacing is spot on, which for a game adaptation is rarer than hen's teeth.Smashing good fun which is surprisingly well made and well performed too.Highly recommended for a boozy Saturday in or a lazy Sunday on the couch.
It was a good action movie. The movie was based of the popular video game on Playstation 1. I only saw it because I played the game, and I really liked playing it. It was one of my favourite Playstation 1 games back then, so it's inevitable I would eventually see this movie. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was entertaining. Don't expect too much though. Just enjoy it for what it was. It feels almost similar to the video game.
Video game adventuress Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.Angelina Jolie has had a strange career. She started out as the daughter of Jon Voight (who plays her father here). Whether that helped her or not, I do not know. But she landed some roles in "Hackers" and "Lara Croft". She married Brad Pitt, the king of Hollywood. She is seen as a humanitarian and is now (2015) establishing herself as a director. What a career! This film is a little bit silly. The adventure and action is not realistic, but being based on a video game, it probably shouldn't be. Fun? Yes. And apparently quite successful, since it spawned at least one sequel.