Which also means, the absurd moments where she does something unbelievable become even more implausible. By making him her equal, it makes her seem far more ordinary. Able to keep up with her, survive, and in one case, save her life. Part of the problem is that Butler’s Terry is on par with Croft. Yes, we’re talking about Angelina Jolie and Gerald Butler, who are perfectly fine individually but when sharing screen time, make for an excruciating watching experience. Just a few of the insane moments of this movie that remind you that it’s a video game adaption.Īll surrounding blasé dialogue and two actors with some of the worst chemistry seen on screen. Such as Croft riding a motorbike on a section of the great wall of China, jumping impossibly high to reach a helicopter, and ‘riding’ a shark. The story overall is fine, it’s not the most exciting but does result in some intense action sequences, over the top stunts, and hilarious moments of unintentional stupidity. That is far from the only problem this sequel has though. It’s fantastical story, which is par for the course when it comes to Tomb Raider, but even with a near-two-hour runtime, it ends up feeling rushed. Jonathan Reiss (Ciarán Hinds) can use it as a weapon of mass destruction. Where Croft teams up with an old lover called Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler) and travels the globe to unravel the mystery behind the myth and find the box before Dr. Called Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, and directed by Jan de Bont, this sequel would fail to capture the success of the original but still did well overall.īased on the Tomb Raider video game series, The Cradle of Life utilises the mythical Pandora’s Box as its basis for its story. After a solid outing in a ‘better than expected’ video-game adaption, Angelina Jolie once again picked up the dual pistols for another globe-spanning outing as Lara Croft in 2003.
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