Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Tags: cult, action, murder, boring

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) in an Egyptian tomb, seeking a diamond at one end of a chamber. As she approaches she is attacked by a large robot. After an intense chase and battle, she disables it by ripping out its motivational circuits. She takes the diamond, which is revealed to be a memory card labeled "Lara's Party Mix", and inserts it into a laptop computer inside the robot, whereupon it plays music. Now it is revealed that the scene took place in a practice arena in her home, and that her assistant Bryce (Noah Taylor) programmed the robot, SIMON, to challenge her in combat.
It is the day of the first phase of a planetary alignment, culminating in a solar eclipse, which (in the film) happens once every 5,000 years. In Venice, the Illuminati search for a key to rejoin halves of "the triangle", which must be done by the final phase of the alignment. Mr. Powell (Iain Glen), an Illuminati member, makes assurances that they are almost ready, but in reality he has no idea where to find the key.
Lara's butler, James "Hilly" Hillary (Chris Barrie), tries to interest her in several projects; but she ignores them. May 15, as Hilly is aware, is the day that Lara's father disappeared many years earlier. She has not recovered from his loss.
Later that night, Lara has a dream reminding her what her father said about the alignment and an object linked to it called the Triangle of Light. Waking, she is aware of a clock ticking. Searching for it, she discovers a secret chamber under the staircase with a carriage clock that had spontaneously begun ticking. Bryce probes it and discovers a strange device hidden inside the clock.
Since the device resembles a clock, Lara consults a clock expert friend of her father's, Mr. Wilson (Leslie Phillips). She believes it is connected to the "Triangle of Light", but Wilson disavows knowledge of the clock or the Triangle. Lara encounters Alex West (Daniel Craig), a fellow tomb raider with unscrupulous methods. They are attracted to each other, but Croft cannot abide his for-profit attitude. That night, Lara is contacted by Wilson, who tells her that he gave her name to a man named Manfred Powell in regards of the clock. In reality, Wilson is also a member of the Illuminati.
The next day, Lara sees Powell in his home, and shows him photographs of the clock. Later, while discussing it with Bryce, she points out that Powell was lying about his knowledge. That night, as Lara does a bungee ballet, armed commandos invade the house and steal the clock despite her attempts to fend them off.
The next morning, Lara receives a letter from her father, arranged to arrive after the beginning of the alignment, where he explains that the clock is the key to retrieve two halves of the mystic Triangle of Light, which is revealed to be an object of phenomenal destructive power that granted its wielder power over time and space. He says that it was made from a metal found in a meteor crater made by a meteor that had fallen to earth during a previous alignment. Initially housed in a city built in the meteor crater by those who worshiped the object, misuse of the Triangle's power destroyed the city and so it was split into two halves; one was hidden in a tomb in Cambodia, the other half in the ruined city itself, in modern-day Siberia. Her father urges her to find and destroy both halves before the Illuminati can find it.
In Cambodia, West figures out part of the puzzle on how to retrieve the triangle half, but Lara manages to successfully grab the piece. Before everyone can leave, the liquid metal which came out with the piece brings the statues in the temple to life and attacks the team killing some members. Lara is left to fight off and destroy a huge six-armed guardian statue which is the last one to come to life. She successfully defeats it and leaves the temple by diving through a waterfall. She then travels to a Buddhist town where a young monk welcomes her. After a worship service, an aged monk who is the leader there gives Lara some tea and as they converse, he tells her that he knew her father before.
She and Powell arrange to meet in Venice, since each of them has what the other needs to finish the Triangle. Powell proposes a partnership to find the Triangle, and informs Lara that her father was a member of the Illuminati, which she vehemently denies. Though hesitant at first, she, along with Bryce, meets with Powell for the trip to Siberia. Inside the tomb, there is a giant model of the solar system, which activates as the alignment nears completion. Lara retrieves the last half of the Triangle, but when Powell tries to complete it, the halves will not fuse. He realizes that Lara knows the solution to the puzzle, and kills West in order to persuade her to complete the Triangle to save both West's life and her father's. Lara reluctantly complies, and they then struggle for control of the Triangle, with Lara prevailing.
Lara then finds herself in a strange alternate existence facing her father Lord Richard Croft (Jon Voight). He explains that it is a "crossing" of time and space, and urges her to destroy the Triangle instead of using it to save his life. She leaves her father and returns to the chamber, where time is slowly running backwards from the point where Powell killed West. Croft takes the knife he threw into West's chest and reverses it, then destroys the Triangle, which returns time to its normal flow and directs the knife into Powell's shoulder. The chamber begins to self-destruct, Everyone turns to leave, but Powell tells Croft that he killed her father and retrieved his pocket watch with a picture of Lara's mother inside. Lara and Powell engage in a hand-to-hand fight. Lara kills him, retrieves it, and escapes as the chamber crumbles.
At the mansion, Hilly and Bryce are shocked to see Lara wearing a dress. She goes into the garden to her father's memorial, then returns inside, where Bryce has a reprogrammed SIMON, ready to challenge Lara once again. Hillary reveals a silver tray holding Lara's pistols, which she takes with a smile.

Review: I think after the new adaption 2018 tomb raider movie maybe gamers and fans of Lara will appreciate Jolies Tomb Raider a lot more..
If you want great entertainment in what I'd say is what the majority of summer action flicks strive for - then Tomb Raider is just awesome.I'm genuinely surprised that the rating for this movie is so low.
Tomb Raider is one of the movies that I'll occasionally throw on when I just feel like watching a good action flick circa Mission Impossible.
I loved the performance of Angelina Jolie, who brings the computer game heroine Lara Croft to life.
I watched an interview with Jolie in which she said that she really "became Lara Croft".With her mock British accent, Jolie is a lot of fun as the adventurer-archaeologist who is equal parts Bruce Wayne and Indiana Jones, but with a much better body.Taking its cue from the video game, the film's screenplay is more of a puzzle than a plot.
She's guided by the spirit (both literally and figuratively) of her late adventurer father, Lord Croft (Jon Voight), and assisted by an archaeologist Alex West (Daniel Craig) and cyber-geek creator Bryce (Noah Taylor).The film opens like "Raiders of the Lost Ark," with Lara Croft deep inside one of those musty, dusty tombs.
We learn that it's a creation of Bryce, used to keep Croft on her toes.Angelina Jolie made the perfect Lara Croft; her facial expressions and sly smirks added a personality to the flick that I can only imagine the video game is missing.
Okay, maybe the parts with her father (real-life papa Jon Voight) were a little over the top, but since the whole movie is just eye-candy anyway they seemed to fit.The fight scenes among ruins got me.
3. The good guy, bad guy plot makes movies but would have liked a more creative action challenge.
Ok, Tomb Raider may not be the greatest action film I have seen but it still is a quite good movie.
Although it has borrowed the elements from Indiana Jones -films and its story is very flimsy, Tomb Raider was a fast-moving and enjoyable picture which has a great and striking action scenes.
The movie is about a lost artifact whose secret was discovered by a man (John Voight).He himself belonged to a secret society called the Illuminati .He was killed by a member of the same organisation for not disclosing his findings to him.He died leaving clues for his daughter (Angelina Jolie)guiding her to complete his incomplete mission.And within the film the director takes a tour of many different kinds of mysterious and interesting but worth knowable things that are prevalent all around globe.The film is just worth watching for a fun-entertainment lover who will never get upset for this kind of creativity.The movie is well imagined though fictional.I personally ave played the Tomb-Raider game and the movie is just interesting as the game along with a good story-line.The unnecessary elements are all cut off.The performances of AngelinaJolie JohnVoight are all fine.The male characters including the viilain is just kind of funny which is good for an optimistic movie like this one.The storytelling is also good ,no nonsense elements.
Lara Croft:Tomb Raider is my favorite movie.Performance Of Angelina Jolie is just splendid.Angelina Jolie is the sole reason i loved this movie.Personally i'm a huge fan of Angelina Jolie so i always look up to her movies.
If they HAD seen it, they'd know that Spielberg edited his action sequences so as to let the audience know what was going on, to give us an idea of where the hero stood and what obstacles he faced; also that John Williams wrote actual MUSIC, complete with themes and chords and rhythms and consecutive bars that often as not differed from one another.I'm not familiar with the computer game - if I were, I would be doubly grateful to see Angelina Jolie in the leading role.
The film talks upon Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie), an explosive and sexy British archaeologist and it results to be an adaptation from a successful and famous video game .
With Angelina Jolie in the leading role as Lara Croft, and her real-life father (Jon Voight) playing her archaeologist/father in the motion picture, the dynamics are, of course, believable.
This creates a confusing scenario where natural sympathies for the main character get thrown out the window.However when I watched it the second time, this time without any preconceived notions and fully expecting the lack of exciting odds, I really enjoyed it for what it is - a visually appealing film with some thrilling stunts and action scenes.
As for the rest of the film, I really liked it and feel it's worth watching for good entertainment.Even though this movie doesn't have many characters to connect with, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a fun action adventure film.
The best part in this movie was without a doubt sexy Angelina Jolie in the title role as Lara Croft.She was very HOT!
Entertaining enough;no brains,no story,no heart,but full of special effects action.Jolie is good,so are her real life father Jon Voight but rest of cast is forgettable.This is very much like Indiana Jones,but much lesser memorable.A better script would have helped,but that`s not the point;this is supposed to be fun.Better than "The Mummy",but just another Indiana Jones clone.Anyway;it`s OK.Rating 6/10.
They are entertaining blockbusters that exist to put all other video-game to movie adaptations to-shame (I mean, there's not much in terms of competition, but still TO-SHAME).I am totally biased though, Lara Croft was the first female character I was exposed to that I could finally relate to.
I couldn't imagine a more perfect actress to play the Croft than early 00's Angelina Jolie.I feel like people want to trash this movie so bad because they can't quite understand why they enjoy this movie so much given all of its plot holes and over the top stunts.
I say; don't be afraid, be free, learn to love, give in to your temptations and admit that the Lara Croft films are spectacularly ridiculous."Did I enjoy the movie?
This is a video game-based movie, a story where British archaeologist/tomb raider Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) races against time to thwart a secret villainous cult in order to find powerful ancient artifacts that holds unlimited power that could be used to control the world.Filmed in the style of an Indiana Jones like adventure, this film has some neat suspense and action, with death-defying stunts, heroic characters and an adventure in a darkened tomb and cave-like structure, reminiscence of those found in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Angelina Jolie was the right actress to play Lara Croft; talent, athletic and looks where all combined to make the Tomb Raider lady be just right.Special Effects are amazing like the scene with the Time Glitch and the Husky; I thought it looked great.The plot line could have done with a little bit of work but most of it was brilliant.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider may be the silliest movie to ever grace multiplex screens, but it may well be one of the most enjoyable to.
The action is thick fast and stylish, the stunts so unbelievable you'll love them and little pieces of Angelina Jolie thrown in for good measure.
The story is a B movie classic, Tomb Raider Lara Croft finds a clock that contains a powerful map.
Jolie is the perfect person to play Lara and looks great in some of the action sequences.
Synopsis Lady Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) travels to exotic and dangerous locales in search of tombs and relics of lost civilizations.
And not even Bryce (Noah Taylor), Lara's erstwhile electronics assistant can help when the ancient forces are unleashed.My Review Based on the popular interactive video game, but not only for the fans, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a wonderfully visual, fantastic action-packed entertainment, full of amazing effects and a stunning, sensual super-heroine that really packs a punch.
In every sense, there's more to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider than meets the eye; it's action plus and a spine-tingling, dashing escapist fantasy set to thrill.".
True, Tomb Raider comes from a long line of games that are turned into movies - but I definitely think that this is by far the best.I thought Angelina's acting and accent was brilliant, and I can't think of anyone else who would've been more suited to playing Lara.
That movie, of course, is Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
I enjoyed it I can say, angelina is very hot and fits the part well didnt think she would when i first heard she got it but i wanted kelly brook ;-) Lara's butler and computer geek made the movie much better and i wish they were in it more.
Oh good I understand way Jolie got the role, we knew that Lara is sexy in the computer game and so is Angelina in the film...
The only one reason to watch "Tomb Raider" is its fabulous main actress Angelina Jolie who´s refining this average movie with her performance: her talent, her beauty, her charm and her charisma are so irresistible that she makes you forget the empty story easily and all supporting actors looking pale in comparison to her.
Watch it for a great Angelina/Lara, she´s the first real female action heroine that Hollywood has created!
What more can be said than Angelina Jolie at age 26 in an action film in which takes you around the world to exotic locations and has a good ending?
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a pure, fast paced, get-a-way movie and really meant for the guys or action film lovers when it comes right down to it.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a great movie.
This movie follows a tomb raider who must travel to opposite places of the world to find two mysterious pieces of the "Triangle of Light." Whoever possesses the power will have control over time.
Physically Jolie looks great and is very easy on the eye, but I didn't get a feel for real sexuality coming out of her  or at least not as much as I expected from a film which was so very heavily marketed on the back of a pair of shorts and a pair of breasts!As an actress Jolie does OK but doesn't have to try hard to outshine the support cast who are mainly goons or cardboard cut out bad guys.
Just watch it for what it is, a fun action/adventure movie with a really sexy lead character!
Video game adventuress Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.Angelina Jolie has had a strange career.
That is their example.The film opens with a long, zooming shot out of Lara Croft's (Angelina Jolie) eye and opens to what appears to be an Egyptian ruin.
Richard Johnson is the "Distinguished Gentleman" with a grim scowl, and it is delightful to see the pre-James Bond Daniel Craig.At the end of the day, "Lara Croft Tomb Raider" succeeds because of Jolie's savvy and self-control by the creative powers.
I think I liked it because Angelina Jolie was believable as Lara Croft, and director Simon West put in enough fills into the story to really make this game character come to life.Cinematography was easy par with any James Bond movies, and locations and special effects were beautiful.
I'm a huge fan of the Tomb Raider games and of Angelina Jolie.
I don't play video games, so I don't know anything about the Tomb Raider game or anything like that, so it played no role in the formation of my opinion about the movie.
I had very high expectations for the film, because I know how popular Tomb Raider (and, probably even more, Lara Croft) is, and because I know that a tremendous amount of preparation went into the making of the film.
And besides that, Angelina Jolie stars as Lara Croft, and she pulls off the physical aspect of that role (face it, Lara Croft's body is even more well known than the game itself) with stunning closeness.There is a mediocre story in the film involving Croft's search for an artifact that carries with it tremendous power, including the ability to control time, if I remember correctly.
Fueling Croft's efforts to achieve the artifact is her determination to live up to the legacy of her late father, played with a little tongue in cheek by her real life father, John Voigt.The story of Tomb Raider was not too impressive to begin with, and Angelina can barely pull off the fake accent (I shudder every time I anticipate Original Sin), but this is not what ultimately brings the movie down.
This is the same problem that we saw in Mission: Impossible II, which could otherwise have been a good action movie, as Tomb Raider could also have been.I don't know enough about the game to comment on how well it was translated to the screen, but I do know from pictures of Lara Croft that Angelina did an excellent job in the role.
Enjoyed this film from beginning to end and the great role by Angelina Jolie,(Lara Croft),"Taking Lives",'04.
i mean were a bunch of idiot out of work screen play writers sitting around and thinking.."hey, let's make a movie about a video game nobody has played in two years, make some action scenes and stuff all of them in the trailer and then make up a bunch of ridiculous dialogue to fill in the other hour and thirty five minutes." then another idiot says, "i dont' know, do you think people might get bored?" and the first idiot replies,"don't worry, we'll get some hot chick, give her fake boobs, and everyone will be captivated by that." and another idiot says, "that sounds pretty awesome, and i think we know a little something about awesome.
It's an 8 out 10 for me :) p.s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider the Cradle of Life is also pretty good, but definitely not better than the original..
Lara Croft Tomb Raider is a revolution of Movie Magic.
Lara croft tomb raider is based around the extremely popular video game "Tomb Raider" and so a bold director set out to make it into a movie.With spine tingling mystery, action , guns, yummy Daniel (The new James Bond to be Presice) and a plot that changes almost instantly...Tomb Raider is definitely a movie that deserves allot of respect in my books.
lets hope for Video game movie's sake.Tomb Raider - (1.5/10).
At the end, "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" is a film without any great surprises, a bit nonchalant and the fans of the video game will maybe find something in it..
Granted, that's a short list with cruddy company, but *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* stands out among today's action movies in general.
This movie's really a lot of fun, don't let the naysayers tell you different.You could do worse than to spend some tomb raiding time  with Lara Croft..
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was entertaining.
It's basically just there to give Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft an excuse to well, raid tombs.
The film seems to borrow from Raiders of the Lost Ark in some scenes, Die Hard in others and the Goonies in others and is a bit of a mish mash of different styles, but like I said, never gets boring or too jarring.Along for the ride are Noah Taylor (Shine) and Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf), as Croft's assistants and Jon Voight (Oscar winner for Coming Home) as her deceased father.
The score is alright.With all the style and action, and with the promise of seeing the classic video game character brought to life, the Tomb Raider movie seemed like a big movie event of my generation.
Jolie or over hyped action films so the combination of those two factors for "Tomb Raider" helped make it easier to avoid watching the movie.
I'm not saying the story isn't any good, but it was derived from a video game, which is, let's be honest, not really the best of modern literature.Lara Croft is a wealthy, British antiquities hunter, who travels to exotic places, in search of treasures and artifacts in ancient tombs and ruins.
I am a big fan of the Tomb Raider video games, and always thought it would be cool if they made a movie out of it.
Then when I heard they were making a movie, I thought the most difficult thing would be to find the right actress to play Lara Croft.
Tomb Raider, like most other action films, didn't really have much of a storyline, but since I didn't expect it to, I wasn't disappointed.
Unlike many other movie adaptations of video games, Tomb Raider wasn't cartoonish looking or silly.
Angelina Jolie becomes Lara Croft.
Paramount has taken the famous video game heroine Lara Croft and transformed her into an action packed movie heroine.
When the character is first introduced you know there is some history between the two.The film takes the action of the video game and combines it with a weak plot.
The film is more about the action, adventure, and excitement you feel from the video game.
Croft was an awesome video game character, but Angelina Jolie makes her an awesome movie character.
Overall, a great film, even for non-followers of the game (where have you been?) and an absolute must-see for fans of Lara Croft.
Accents coming and going, lame action sequences, and terrible direction.I rather enjoy the game and yes, Jolie IS Lara, but this film was a let down.
Another positive thing was the really cool action scenes, especially the fight which opens the movie which includes a lot of sweet athletic moves performed by Lara Croft.
When I saw Anjelina Jolie was targeted to play Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider movie I went Goose Pimply all over!