Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (DVD)

...main focus of the movie. Lara Croft is a rich archaeologist - a tomb raider as it were who travels about the place getting into all sorts of dangerous situations in the acquisition of mysterious artefacts. She finds a mysterious clock inside which careful investigation finds another strange clock device. Well to cut a plotless story short, this will lead to the second half of a powerful artifact which when put together will imbue its holder with ...
...Jolie in the role of Lara Croft to visit some exotic locations, fire off her guns alot and indulge in some exciting action scenes utilising a variety of hi-tech gadgetry whilst a pumping techno soundtrack get the adrenaline racing. I for one can accept this and just get on with enjoying these scenes. The action is fast and furious and the special effects great. Characterisation is pretty stereotypical and not even Lara's character is explorer to ...

wampyrii 27.09.2001 (08.10.2001) · Read full review
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...aplomb. Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft does scrub up nicely although the illusion flails wildly between sanitised (unnecessary shower scene that doesn’t reveal much) and acceptable (with clothing as tight as that, you’d think you’d be able to see something....Howard Hughes would have loved the opportunity to design that bra for Lara....) sexuality. Those infamous shower scenes though wouldn’t give many something to froth ...
...pin-up, if you will). Lara Croft lives alone in her vast mansion with a typically English butler (Chris Barrie) and a Mockneyfied computer geek (probably designated as a symbol for all those game geeks who made Lara famous in the first place....he's a looker though) as played by the handsome British actor Daniel Craig. She spends her days going on archaelogical adventures, training for them in a fake tomb inside her mansion and mourning for her ...

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...the look; Angelina Jolie is Lara Croft, in "Tomb Raider," the action film adapted from the popular video game, directed by Simon West. Like Indiana Jones and James Bond, Lara Croft is larger than life, and she had to be to bring this film to life. After a slam-bang opening, we find Lady Croft at home in England, where the game is about to begin. Still lamenting the loss some years earlier of her father, archeologist Lord Croft (Jon Voight), Lara ...
...do not sit well with Lara Croft, and they are soon at it head to head. And it's only the beginning of an adventure that will ultimately take them to opposite ends of the earth and into some ancient and exotic tombs, as Lara strives to uncover the mystery behind this cryptic antiquity. Jolie was the perfect choice to embody Lara Croft, from the confident swagger she affects, right on down to her articulate British accent and the riveting glare she ...

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...the film is about Lady Lara Croft (taken from PlayStation's 'Tomb Raider') who has to follow in her late father's foot-steps to save the world from complete destruction, caused by a time-travelling device (the triangle of light) which could fall into the wrong hands... I felt privileged because they used my birthdate in the film (15th May 1985) as the day when Lara's father dissapeared. The graphics are very realistic in the film, and I love the ...
...tracks from Oxide & Neutrino, Basement Jaxx and U2 - Definitely worth listening to! How does Lara compare to the computer game? Well, they are both very athletic, but Angelina Jolie has thoughts & feelings, and we don't control what she does... But Angelina still gets the thumbs up!!! ...

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...summer for the release of Lara Croft - Tomb Raider. You've probably been on the web site and downloaded wallpapers and screensavers. And then the film is released and you start to see all the critics giving it a hammering. What do you do? What are your options? Go and see it and possibly be disappointed? Wait for it to come out on Video or DVD and wish you had gone and seen it at the cinema? My advice to you is to go and see it at the cinema. Tomb ...
...Manor before he dissapeared mysteriously. Lara finds the clock and the bad guys try to steal it from her - cue big action sceen. After watching the making of Tomb Raider I found out that Angelina Jolie did a lot of the stunts for this sceen, in which she takes on a group of SAS type gunmen while attached to a bungee cord. The action is great. The clock gets stolen and Lara goes off to regain it and prevent the Illuminati from messing up time. There ...

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...It stars the already famous Lara Croft, well known for her tiny waist and big boobs!! They are toned down a bit in the film though so you can concentrate on the story a little more. Lara Croft is played by Angelina Jolie and she does a very good job! She has quite a posh accent, I think they are trying to make her English (??). Americans all thing that English people are posh! The film follows a very Indiana Jones storyline, Lara has got to get ...
...well done. Apart from Lara we also get to see the brilliant Chris Barrie play the butler. He character is very different from his usual Rimmer display. He is very serious! Chris Barrie has done an excellent job in his first film and I hope he carries on the good work with his next. Overall this is a very enjoyable film. You have to see it just to be in with the conversation when anyone else is talking about it. Not as good as I’d hoped but ...

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...Raider, along with its' heroine, Lara Croft have been adapted nicely to the big screen. Angelina Jolie plays the sexy treasure stealer in what will most likely be this summers biggest film. The film itself plays much like the video game would. We see Lara at home, Lara in training, and Lara off raiding ancient temples in exotic locations. Of course, we see Lara fighting enemy, and bouncing as she runs. Apparently Lara's breasts have been toned down ...
...they exist. So how does Lara get involved in this plot to find the tools to rule the world? Her dead father who was an archaeologist possessed one of the pieces, and left instructions for Lara to gather the other pieces to prevent the wrong people from getting hold of them. The films main subplot revolves around Lara's desire to see her father again. She feels his death has resulted in time being stolen from them both, and the villains will be sure ...

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...by now Angelina Jolie plays Lara Croft, a sassy chick with attitude who likes to plunder ancient artifacts from tombs (A Tomb Raider in other words), she lives in a country mansion with her butler Hillary (Chris Barrie) and a techno geek Bryce (Noah Taylor). Her father Lord Croft (Jon Voight) has passed away but left a lot of journals in his wake to guide Lara. This leads her to find a mysterious clock which that something to do with a lunar alignment ...
...scene in the trailer where Lara falls down a hole? Well instead of just having a shot of her falling, it is cut up to try and get some excitement going-it doesn't work. There also isn't that much action in the film, there are four main scenes and they all feature in the trailer. They lack any real atmosphere and do look like sets with some overlighting. The stone monkey scene you see in the trailer is a decent highlight but sadly the monkeys are ...

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...blah... This brings us to Lara Croft who is an "archaeologist" in the same way that Indiana Jones is an "archaeologist". She has to find the parts before the bad guys do to save the world. Standard action movie story & plot with no surprises. It stars Chris Barrie (Rimmer), and some other minor celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, John Voight (her dad) and other familiar but not too famous faces. It's directed by Simon West. Great now that that brief ...
...to the meat and bones of it all. Now as stated above, I didn't expect much of this film before I saw it. I had heard the crap reviews, but all I was after was a fun, leave the brain at the door action film. Unfortunately it couldn't even meet these low expectations. The good bits first. Angelina Jolie looks and is very good in the role. Chris Barrie is excellent (probably only because I'm a fan of Red Dwarf though - and he only has a tiny role as ...

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...of computer games. Lara Croft, played by Angelina Jolie, is the lead character in this tale about a girl born into the British aristocracy, who travels the world in pursuit of remains of the ancient world, and the action and adventure which goes with it. In the film, Lara has the task of finding two halves of an ancient symbolic triangle, which when united during a certain period of planetary alignment occuring every 5000 years (and coincidentally ...
...problem facing Lara is that each half is hidden in an equally dangerous and obstacle-filled , booby-trapped, ancient construction, which are situated at opposite ends of the earth. Both halves must be found before the planetary alignment, which occurs within a few hours. Add to this that she must take on the might of a secret society who hell-bent on finding and uniting the two halves before she can, and you have yourself an action film! Although ...

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...game. Jolie is Lady Lara Croft, a mysteriously wealthy, impossibly attractive woman with a talent for raiding tombs!? The story begins with the discovery of a unique clock which started ticking inexplicably during the first phase of total planetary alignment, which only occurs every 5000 years. This sends our heroine on a mission to find its origin and purpose leading our Lara on a trail to discover the "Triangle of Light" which gives its holder ...
...scene being truly breathtaking as Lara fights against a ten foot robot. In fact visually throughout, the film is impressive with its exotic locations and spectacular deaths for the bad guys, not to mention Angelina Jolie! So what about Jolie? Well, she gives a believable and competant performance and makes the best of a poor script, which is more than can be said for her supporting actors, which include Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf). Her real talent ...

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...Techno whiz kid half brother, Lara is played by Angelina Jolie, who stars as an all being 20 something year old girl, with the looks, and attitude of the virtual Lara Croft herself. Lara has almost everything a young girl would want. This includes a BMW, McLaren, A Bike , A Mansion, A mobile Phone, and a whole range of 007 style gadgets to choose from. Of course with all these things, you’d think she was pretty sorted. No way pedro, Lara is an all ...
...an expedition, May 15th 1985. Lara has always learnt from him, and a lot of her great knowledge comes from himself. Once particular education he gave her, was that of the Planetarium Line-up,. Once in every 5,000 years, all 9 planets line up , to make the greatest eclipse ever. Ancient rumours have had it, that this gives the possessor of a certain stone, control of time and the ability to do anything, backwards or forwards. One night Lara is awoken ...

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Tomb Raider’s really annoying in one of two ways. Either: You sit there, trying to watch Angelina Jolie for ninety minutes, and this stupid film keeps getting in the way. Or, you try and watch a somewhat overcomplicated movie, but this pouty bird with squint boobs keeps jumping about in front of you instead. And that’s what it feels like. In adapting the most successful female computer game character in the world, Simon West has not ...
...separate his lead character from the movie as a whole. Which is a shame, because there were high hopes for this one. To be fair, it may not be his fault: With Icon-to-be playing virtual-Icon, it was always going to be difficult to do anything which absorbed such characters. Hmmm. I think I need to stop thinking so much. On the plus side, there are fantastic action sequences, and Jolie really can do that accent. She looks great, but one look at the ...

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...Seconds) plays the fiesty Lady Lara Croft. Jolie's father, John Voight plays Lara Croft's father in the $100,000,000 blockbuster. Lara Croft lives in a huge mansion in England with 48 bedrooms. A few days after the anniversary of the death of her father (May 15th) Lara finds a clock that has benn left to her by her father, it is counting down to the final stage of the allignment of all nine planets. This only happens once in every 5,000 years. 5,000 ...
...the perfect person to play Lara Croft and with her exellent acting skills manages to persuade even those who hate action films that this is a fantastic film, definately worth the $100,000,000 it took to make it. This is because of the fantastic cars they had to destroy during the film. I love this film and will definately buy the dvd when it comes out, it is a fast, action and adventure film worth watching! ...

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...video game has finally arrived. Lara Croft Tomb Raider, for those that have been 'off-world' for the past few weeks, opened in the UK last Friday. And like many people, judging by the mob like atmosphere at the local cinemadrome, I had my chance to see it. Im always a little dubious when it comes to films made from games (memories of Streetfighter and the second Mortal Kombat spring to mind) as they often have a very limited storylines. I enjoy ...
...an eclipse of the sun. Lara finds the key to the triangle, left to her by her dead father (played by John Voight), and must race against time to find the other pieces to stop the world from falling into chaos. She has to deal with sacred temples full of stone people, and the inevitable bad guy played extremely well by Iain Glenn. The storyline isn't the star of the show though. The special effects and the well choreographed fight scenes are excellent ...

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