Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (DVD)

...the games famous. It's an OK film I suppose but don't break your neck to see it on the big screen..even though Lara Croft herself is pretty impressive and accurately portrayed by Angelina Jolie. Rating 7/10 ...

STUkrugen 07.08.2001 · Read full review
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I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the Tomb Raider computer games. Not my type of electronic entertainment - too much thought involved. So knowing that the Tomb Raider film was on its way, I wasn't laiden down with the baggage of expectation that Tomb Raider Game Buffs had to carry. What I AM a fan of, however, is action movies, and I'm afraid it's that baggage that weighed me down as I made my to the cinema. So what did I make of it? Well, I actually ...
...complaints about thin plots and poor acting, but this isn't exactly Silence Of The Lambs - you know what type of film it is before you go, and action adventure movies never trouble the Oscar nominations in areas outside editing and special effects. Here, the plot is fine - it gives enough of an excuse to legitimise Lara's tomb raiding antics. Effects: nothing mind-blowing, which I actually think is a good thing - more emphasis on the sets, movement ...

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...guy! The storyline is good, Lara must find all the parts of a mystic triangle before the mysterious cult - The Illuminati- do and reek havoc on the earth. It is a simple storyline, and not over complicated like some. The settings are spectacular, from Cambodia to Croft Manor, there's plenty to feast your eyes on. The fight scenes are well choreographed and action packed. Lara is a babe to be reckoned with. Now whats wrong with it? Well, it'd ...
...missing father, and it could have been longer. All in all this is a movie with everything - thrills, spills, a butt-whupping or three and breathtaking scenery. Go see this - make your own mind up and don't just listen to the critics!! Perhaps though, Simon West wasn't the best director to choose - someone like Speilberg would've made this movie a legend. ...

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...story line is the following: Lara Croft wants to go back in time to see her dead father. She finds a message from him telling her to get three pieces of a triangle and destroy them, as when they are put together it makes a time machine and whoever has them can rule the universe. But Lara isn't the only one who's after them. Someone else is and they certainly aren't planning to destroy it! The special effects are brilliant especially at the beginning. ...

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...in it. Its about Lara Croft and a cult group called the Ilumonati. they are both after the same thing, which is a tringle that can controle time. Unfortunatley the tringle of light as they call it was broken in to two pices long ago by the ancient people of the light. Laras dad had found the key and hid it in a clock in a hidden room under neath the starirs before he was killed b y the Ilumonati. On the day of the planitary alingement the clock that ...
...from her by the Ilumonati. Lara on the other hand knew where to find the first piece of the tringle and sets of to find it (wot she dosent know is that the piece can only be found on the exact moment of the second fase of the planitary alingement) But the Ilumonati arives and she steals the key back gets one half of the tringle and runs away after a couple of round are waisted. I dont want to give anything else away in this review so get up and go ...

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Considering this is derived from a game which has very little story anyway, I thought it wasn't too bad an effort. And Angelina Jolie seemed to fit Lara Croft's tiny shorts very well. An enjoyable film, though I still can't quite understand whose brilliant idea it was to make a film out of a game character. ...

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Far from the racey cry of Gone in sixty seconds, a now brunett Jolie shows us just what a computer animated girl can do these days! This film is a must see for action seekers every-where. As long as you dont mind the weak story line. Anyone who is into films like The mummy, should go and watch this. But a word of warning,-your probably best watching it at the cinema to get the full effect of the amazing graphics used, video & DVD watchers will probably ...
...get the same effect of the cinema-they will looking for some exellent acting, and strong story line, which you really dont get either of. However Jolies fight scenes are spectacully done, and provide some intersting watching. Graphics are definatly this films strong point, although some men ( and for any lady lovers ) would say it was "that shower scene!" ...

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I thought I'd buck the trend of these reviews and tell you how fantastic this film is. I'm not some sweaty adolescent male, nor am I an addict of the game (I've played it once). In fact I am a grown up, married woman. I just thought the film was brilliant. OK, so maybe the story was a bit dodgy etc but hey, just enjoy it for what it is, a lighthearted action movie that's not trying to be realistic or deep. The special effects are awesome, Angelina ...

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...unless i missed something anyway... lara finds a letter that her dad left her, explaining what was happeneing, and where the first part of the key was... they set out on an adventure to find it.. and in true lara croft syle she retrieves it.. then out of no where they know where the second part is! Lara wants to get the keys and get the power because her dad was killed in action years before and of course lara wants to meet up with him and bring ...
...part of the key, see's lara croft calling up her ex army friends, next you see her jumping out of a plane in a car! (with parachutes obviously!) after a high adrenaline pumping drive through the woods to the tomb shes about to raid, she see's the 'baddies' there all ready, and takes a back door into the tomb! when the baddies get into the tomb they think they have discovered the lock, which the clock that was discovered then stolen from lara will ...

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...you like the game of Lara Croft Tomb Raider your going to love the film on DVD. Lara Croft (was actually going to be named Laura Cruise) is played by Angelina Jolie, who portrays her very very well. The producer of the film didn't want anyone else to play the part, it was actually made for Angelina. The dvd of this film is full of special features such as, Digging into Tomb Raider, Crafting Lara Croft, The stunts and so much more. If you want ...
...the dvd, its fantastic. Lara Croft is played by Angelina Jolie Richard Croft is played by Angelina's real father Jon Voight Angelina does all her own stunts, she was trained by a professional SAS man to learn how to shoot guns. The film is amazing its well worth watching, it's full of action and stunts. Angelina Jolie is Lara Croft. The triange of light, a legendary artifact with the power to alter space and time. Lara must find the Triangel ...

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Lara Croft. A game how good can you expect a film about a game to be? Imagine Indiana Jones with breasts and good figure with pistols and you come pretty close. Obviously the film must have some sort of story.I was surprised to find a film about a game actually did indeed have a story. Every 5,000 years all the planets line up exactly.Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) finds a clock that starts to tick on the exact time the start of the alignment occurs.How ...
...were not at all memerable,Jolie is not a bad actress but she was not particularly convincing.In my view she probably got the part because she looks like Lara Croft!Other actors were also weak. SFX: not really much in the way of good FX,not anything worth writing home about,pretty standard! ...

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A lot has been said about the Tomb Raider series of games. They are known throughout the world as top quality computer games, so surely the film will be of the same high standards?? This is what you would think, but unfortunately is too far from the truth to be funny. The reasonably experienced cast, lead by Angelina Jolie, is not enough to make the film worth watching. The special effects are nothing spectatcular, and are verging on boring, as are ...
...is loking at the specially built landrover, and of course, Miss Jolie. Overall, the film will never be regarded as a classic, unlike the bond series of films, and cannot really be regarded even as good. It is watchable if you have to, but I certainly would not recommend going to see tomb raider. It is one of those films that will make a packet just from being a tomb raider film - and not because of its quality. I expected far better. ...

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At first glance, Lady Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie, looking -- as intended -- like a vaguely humanized virtual wet-dream of buffness and pulchritude) seems like a wicked riff on all those drawling British aristo-brats you usually see on the covers of magazines like Hello! and Majesty . . . inbred freaks with weird hobbies and unlimited credit, who apparently spend most of their waking moments try to piss off their staid, Empire-building parents by ...
...form -- which makes watching Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, the first in a projected series of live-action films based around her exploits, a visually spectacular yet oddly cheerless experience. As a character, with her arrogant belief in her own invulnerability and that big emotional wound at her core -- she spends the movie mourning her long-absent father, Lord Croft (Jon Voight), also a self-taught archaeologist -- Lara has the potential to be a fascinating ...

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...to do with time and Lara Croft has to try and stop the "bad guys" from controlling time. The casting is quite good with Angelina Jolie playing the title role. The special effects are amazing at times and they really bring the film to life. You almost feel that your there. The soundtrack is fairly good also with music which suits the theme of the film. This is a fun action movie which most people would find enjoyable whether they have played the ...

tim_palmer 21.09.2003 · Read full review
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...old daughter. As a character Lara gave very little of herself and frankly I did not care whether she lived or died, the film seemed emotionless. As something to watch instead of football it gets a vote but that is about it. If you are thinking of watching it wait for it to be released on video, at least you can have drink/ciggarette to help the time pass. ...

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