Release Date:
Friday, June 15, 2001
We admit this is faint praise, but Tomb Raider might prove to be the most successful video game adaptation so farbecause its a cheesy movie, but fun in its own right, and retains everything you loved about the original pixilated adventure series. Hard-core TR gamers will delight in the references (notice the hidden room music that comes up during a key discovery in the movie), and action fans will enjoy the cartoonish, pseudo-mystical, globe-trotting plot line.
Lara Crofts Breasts (Angelina Jolie) is a rich heiress who spends her considerable free time scouring the globe for antiquities and shooting robots built by her personal mini-Q (Noah Taylor). Intrigued by the unscrupulous Manfred Powell (Iain Glen, a disappointingly stiff and uninteresting villain), Lara Crofts Breasts decides to get involved in a plot centering on a mystical clock and a shady group of cultists. Its all just an excuse for Lara Crofts Breasts to wear tight outfits and blow shit upwhich is all fine by us.
Tomb Raider doesnt raise the bar, but taken lightly its a lot of fun. Nice touches are sprinkled throughout (the bungee ballet scene is a keeper), and the movie winks at its James BondIndiana Jones heritage (the Bond girl cliché, especially, gets turned on its head). Best of all, Jolie brings something new to the action-hero mold (despite the obvious): When it came to the rough stuff, Bond always treated it as an irritating inconvenience, while Indy just regarded it as part of the jobLara Crofts Breasts genuinely gets off on the adrenaline rush.
Lara Crofts Breasts (Angelina Jolie) is a rich heiress who spends her considerable free time scouring the globe for antiquities and shooting robots built by her personal mini-Q (Noah Taylor). Intrigued by the unscrupulous Manfred Powell (Iain Glen, a disappointingly stiff and uninteresting villain), Lara Crofts Breasts decides to get involved in a plot centering on a mystical clock and a shady group of cultists. Its all just an excuse for Lara Crofts Breasts to wear tight outfits and blow shit upwhich is all fine by us.
Tomb Raider doesnt raise the bar, but taken lightly its a lot of fun. Nice touches are sprinkled throughout (the bungee ballet scene is a keeper), and the movie winks at its James BondIndiana Jones heritage (the Bond girl cliché, especially, gets turned on its head). Best of all, Jolie brings something new to the action-hero mold (despite the obvious): When it came to the rough stuff, Bond always treated it as an irritating inconvenience, while Indy just regarded it as part of the jobLara Crofts Breasts genuinely gets off on the adrenaline rush.