Tomb Raider

Name: Tomb Raider
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: March 16, 2018
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Adrian Collins, Alexandre Willaume, Alicia Vikander, Antonio Aakeel, Beatrice Stein

2018

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: March 16, 2018

Starring: Adrian Collins, Alexandre Willaume, Alicia Vikander, Antonio Aakeel, Beatrice Stein, Bernardo Santos, Conny Stadler, Daniel Wu, Derek Jacobi, Dominic West, Emily Carey, Gintare Beinoraviciute, Hannah John-Kamen, Helena Holmes, James Heron, Keenan Arrison, Kenneth Fok, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nick Frost, Rae Lim, Rowan Polonski, Tamer Burjaq, Walton Goggins

Summary: Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it toLara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who—against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit—must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider. [Warner Bros.]… Expand

Director: Roar Uthaug

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 118 min

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11	#11 Most Discussed Movie of 2018
12	#12 Most Shared Movie of 2018

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Slate - Inkoo Kang

Mar 14, 2018

An obligatory setup for a sequel slows down the final moments, but until then, Tomb Raider feels like a perfectly paced trio of espresso shots, with a shot of adrenaline to the heart as a chaser. Read full review

New York Magazine (Vulture) - David Edelstein

Mar 15, 2018

The fights and chases are well designed. You can always tell where everything is in relation to everything else and who’s hitting or shooting whom — which isn’t a given, surprisingly, when fast cutting and loudness can cover a lot of infelicities. Read full review

Rolling Stone - David Fear

Mar 15, 2018

Tomb Raider may be a less camp, more cunning take on the arts and Crofts that have made the brand a hit, but to call this a better-than average videogame movie is to damn it with faint praise. Don't hate the players. Hate the genre. Read full review

Uproxx - Vince Mancini

Mar 14, 2018

The action set pieces are hit and miss, mostly not the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and if there’s one thing Tomb Raider is actually good at, it’s giving death more gravity than you usually see in these kinds of movies, where faceless henchmen are dispatched with nary a second thought. For the most part, though, Tomb Raider is content to be the kind of movie that reminds you of other movies without differentiating itself from them. Read full review

Christian Science Monitor - Peter Rainer

Mar 23, 2018

Tomb Raider, sloppily directed by Roar Uthaug, would not be worth watching without Vikander, who darts, leaps, and pummels her way through this mediocre escapade with a winning fierceness that makes you wish she had paired up with Indiana Jones in his heyday. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Todd McCarthy

Mar 14, 2018

Brandishing impressively packed abs and enough upper body strength to pull herself out of countless jams, Alicia Vikander gamely steps into the kick-ass role twice played by Angelina Jolie, but the derivative story and cardboard supporting characters are straight out of 1930s movie serials. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

Mar 15, 2018

Ms. Vikander has leapt into the void of a franchise reboot, based on a video-game reboot, that generates no joy, makes negligible sense, and seals its own tomb with a climax of perfect absurdity. Read full review

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Megajohn85

Mar 16, 2018

This is a great film!! Those complaining about it being an origin story really have issues. This really is the best video game adaptation by far. While the plot isn’t generic and predictable at times, there was enough solid action, unexpected twists, superb performances especially butThis is a great film!! Those complaining about it being an origin story really have issues. This really is the best video game adaptation by far. While the plot isn’t generic and predictable at times, there was enough solid action, unexpected twists, superb performances especially but alicia Vikander who really brought Lara to life. A far more realistic and grounded interpretation than what Jolie played years ago. This is a must see!! There isn’t enough action/adventure films in the sea of superhero films. This was a welcome change. Especially great seeing female action heros which is rare in this industry. My advice to naysayers, keep your expectations low which if they are high, you’re the problem with my video game films will never succeed. The elitist attitudes is the culprit. Just go in and expect a fun action film, nothing more/nothing less… Expand

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BLADErunner2018

Mar 19, 2018

Tomb Raider is a great film, Alicia Vikander does you forget former Lara's. Good acting, great suspense and acting, fantastic fighting scenes. The film is beautifully made. A feast for your eyes and ears especially in IMAX theatres.

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R6ex

Jun 21, 2018

Aww ... too short! Just when I start enjoying the awesomeness of Lara's adventures, its ended. :(
Story follows pretty closely to the game. Only puzzles in tomb differs.
Anyway, great acting (though shé too small a built for supposedly big & strong Lara) by Alicia Vikander. Epic actionAww ... too short! Just when I start enjoying the awesomeness of Lara's adventures, its ended. :(
Story follows pretty closely to the game. Only puzzles in tomb differs.
Anyway, great acting (though shé too small a built for supposedly big & strong Lara) by Alicia Vikander. Epic action sequences! Hope to see a sequel in near future. :)… Expand

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NikolayG

Mar 18, 2018

It's impressive how well the original Tomb Raider movies, and this reboot, were cast. Angelina Jolie was spot on as the original Lara Croft with her swagger and larger than life charisma. Alicia Vikander is just as perfect a fit for the new 2013 rebooted Lara Croft. As in the rebooted gameIt's impressive how well the original Tomb Raider movies, and this reboot, were cast. Angelina Jolie was spot on as the original Lara Croft with her swagger and larger than life charisma. Alicia Vikander is just as perfect a fit for the new 2013 rebooted Lara Croft. As in the rebooted game series, she's younger, less self assured, more human in scale, and ripped like no woman I've ever seen outside of a professional MMA fighting arena. Smartly the game reproduces some of the 2013 game set pieces. I've always thought it strange how movies based on games will just ignore many things that made the games popular. Tomb Raider doesn't make this mistake ... well ... it could have used more characters on Lara's side. In the game the boat was full of people who later ended up on the island with Lara. In the movie, the boat only has one other person, the captain.

So we get great visuals, good pacing, and a star who is as intense as Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and whose skin is always glinting with sweat and rippling with muscles like an atlas of human anatomy.

The downside to the movie is that the story is fairly standard and Lara doesn't have many friends to interact with. She basically has one sailor and later another character, and that's it. I said above it was smart for the movie to reproduce some of the games best set pieces. Well, the game put more people on Lara's side in the movie, and I wish the movie had followed suit. Also, if we are going to have a more realistic human scale Lara, we need a more realistic nuanced story.… Expand

3 of 8 users found this helpful35

YouMark_

Mar 19, 2018

Its Ok, But not good by any means. If your expectations were low to start with then it will be no different afterwards. But It is the best out of all the **** movie adaptations of video games. I give it that.

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Jess_Hill

Mar 16, 2018

A film lacking charm, finesse, and a sense of fun, this is a thoroughly uninspired devolution of an iconic character rendered into stagnant mediocrity. The cinematography is laboured, the storyline utterly predictable, with lacklustre set design and dialogue that can only be described asA film lacking charm, finesse, and a sense of fun, this is a thoroughly uninspired devolution of an iconic character rendered into stagnant mediocrity. The cinematography is laboured, the storyline utterly predictable, with lacklustre set design and dialogue that can only be described as sufficient, there is little to recommend what should have at least been a thrilling, if unsophisticated, adventure. Vikander is well cast, and her performance is solid, but this is a reboot that needed at least some moments of joyful violence, viciousness and flair, but ends up being a dour nothingness of disappointment. 4.37/10… Expand

7 of 17 users found this helpful710

Renovatia

Jun 7, 2018

Expect Social Justice tropes: boys chasing a foxtail on her bike, Lara has now small **** she acts like a brat even when she "finds herself", and you name it. Vikander is hired to attract the boys and she does it well going by the reviews but that's it. After just over a half an hour theExpect Social Justice tropes: boys chasing a foxtail on her bike, Lara has now small **** she acts like a brat even when she "finds herself", and you name it. Vikander is hired to attract the boys and she does it well going by the reviews but that's it. After just over a half an hour the movie turns into a cheap action movie made by a student. She barely can't lift her legs (or even her arms) in fight scenes. Lot's of cuts needed to make a fight coherent. And so on and so on.

Conclusion: if you're a seventeen year old boy then you could download this movie and get off on Vikander and b-movie action - don't pay for it - otherwise forget about it and move on.… Expand

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