![]() Whether or not it really does anything for the story is something I’ll leave up to you. The film even manages to pull a surprising plot-twist out of its rear at the last second. All the tropes are here, dangerous booby-traps, deciphering riddles and an explosive finale. My biggest gripe is that we don’t even get to a tomb or ruin until the last 20-30 minutes which is also easily the best part of the whole movie. Lara’s adventures in the jungle are at least appropriately nail-biting but her chase-scene with sly Hong Kong street urchins is just painfully slow. ![]() It seems in every scene the actors just take their sweet time delivering their dialogue and nothing seems to happen quite swiftly enough. ![]() The first 20 minutes of the film are devoted to juvenile character building action-scenes (yes indeed) which frankly could have been described in a dialogue scene to keep the pacing tighter. I also think the movie is criminally long. Unfortunately, it seems the film makers sacrificed entertainment value for story-building. I even quite like Walter Goggins as the film’s villain, though I long for his slightly more over-the-top villain performances in films like Shanghai Noon and Django Unchained.ĭominic West, whom I best remember for Hannibal Rising, does an admirable job as Richard Croft and plays a far more versatile role than his counterpart in the 2001 Tomb Raider film. Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz etc.) gets an amusing cameo. Daniel Wu as Lara’s begrudging side-kick also fits his role well and would have been one of my personal highlights… if he had managed to be in more than 20% of the film. To give the film its dues, the film-makers have clearly strived to stick closer to the source material (in this case, the 2013 reboot of the franchise) and I certainly can’t find any fault in Alicia Vikander’s performance. To my dismay, I have to concur that I think I would prefer to rewatch the flawed, but infinitely more entertaining Cradle of Life over this one. As a self-proclaimed fan of the earlier Angelina Jolie instalments and as someone with at least a passing familiarity with the game franchise, I was a little hesitant about this latest instalment though the trailers released last year at least gave me hope that the film would be, if nothing else, entertaining. I sadly missed my opportunity to see the film in theatres and had to wait for the home media release. Okay, I finally got around to watching the new Tomb Raider film adaption from Warner Bros. Translator’s Rants & Reviews Ranting about translations and reviewing them.The New Adventures of He-Man Episode Ratings.Quick Movie Reviews Movie reviews in a few sentences.Review & Revisit These are games I’ve reviewed in the past, reposted for posterity.Quick Review Key for Game Reviews (2023).
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