Apart from some pretty good stunt work and a basic physical resemblance, there's just not a lot of skill required to dig into this version of Lara Croft-a problem reflected in the ludicrous questions Jolie faced on the promotional trail leading up to Tomb Raider's release.
TOMB RAIDER JOLIE MOVIE
She arrives in the first scene fully formed, as a sexy, acrobatic, pistol-wielding badass, and she ends the movie more or less the same.Īngelina Jolie glides by on charisma alone, winking and raising her eyebrows through pretty much every cool action scene-but it's safe to say Tomb Raider isn't really the best use of her talents as an actress. Tomb Raider basically doesn't give Lara an arc. In the end, it doesn't really matter, because Lara herself is less a character than an avatar: swinging around her mansion on bungee cords and punching bad guys, fighting a killer robot to the tune of cassette tape called LARA'S PARTY MIX, and beating up stone statues that come to life without ever seeming even a little surprised that, you know, a bunch of stone statues have just come to life. (That said, Tomb Raider does give us the fascinating spectacle of Angelina Jolie's bad British accent versus Daniel Craig's bad American accent.) I guess Alex West is supposed to be Lara's love interest, but the chemistry between Jolie and Craig is so anemic that their banter-which is clearly supposed to be in the sexy Romancing the Stone vein-just comes off as two bitter people who hate each other. Here's something weird you might have forgotten: Daniel Craig is in this movie! Five years before taking over the role of James Bond in Casino Royale, Craig appears here as Alex West, a rival tomb raider-and an American!-who works with Manfred until he inevitably switches to Lara's side. Manfred wants to use the Triangle to take over the world or whatever Lara wants to use it to go back in time and save her dad's life. The Triangle of Light allows its wielder to mess with the flow of time. Her rival for the Triangle is the hilariously named Illuminati agent Manfred Powell (Iain Glen, who parlayed his Tomb Raider credentials into a recurring role in the Resident Evil movies before popping up as Game of Thrones' Ser Jorah Mormont). Lara Croft spends most of the movie chasing "The Triangle of Light"-an artifact that has, rather confusingly, been broken into two pieces, not three. The plot of Tomb Raider is a semi-comprehensible mishmash of excuses for action scenes set to techno music I watched it last night, and I'm already kind of fuzzy on the details. That version, however, never got past the writing stage.Of course, Lara eventually gets dragged into the field, solving puzzles and dual-wielding pistols and yes, raiding tombs. (In December, Enix subsidiary, Crystal Dynamics, said it was working on a new “Tomb Raider” game, this one based on the origins of Croft.) The rights lapsed back to Eidos in the late 2000s, with Warner Bros. The game was created in 1996 by Eidos, now part of entertainment group Square Enix. The company said it aims to “create daring new adventures for the young and dynamic Lara Croft.” No writer has been hired yet. Sources said King’s GK Films banner may be looking to do a Lara Croft origin story rather than continue her adventures. “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” (2001) and “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life” (2003) grossed $432 million worldwide. Heavyweight producer Graham King (“The Departed”) has acquired the feature film rights to “Tomb Raider” and will reboot the action-adventure franchise aiming for a 2013 release for the first film.Īngelina Jolie, the star of King’s recent bomb “The Tourist,” headlined two previous big-screen adaptations made by Paramount.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Lara Croft, the feisty heroine of one of the biggest video games from the 1990s, is once again getting the movie treatment.
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