TOMB RAIDER – “Alicia Vikander shines in a ‘meh’ movie”
RATING
DIRECTOR
STARRING
- Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft
- Emily Carey as 14-year old Lara
- Dominic West as Lord Richard Croft, Lara's dad
- Walton Goggins as Mathias Vogel
- Daniel Wu as Lu Ren, the ship captain
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Ana Miller
- Hannah John-Kamen as Sophie, Croft's best friend.
SYNOPSIS
Based on the video game of the same name (notably the 2013 games) and is a reboot of the Tomb Raider film series that starred Angelina Jolie (2001 and 2003).
Lara Croft is the daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished years earlier. Hoping to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance, she embarks on a journey to his last-known destination -- a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan.
REVIEW SUMMARY
"For a video game movie, Tomb Raider is great. For a movie – movie, it’s a resounding MEH. Vikander does make for a fantastic Lara Croft adding believability, vulnerability, realism, heroism and everything in-between. It's the plot that disappoints the most as the first act is promising, the 2nd ups the ante, but all gets flushed down the toilet in the 3rd. The filmmakers also likely think that their ending is way smarter than it actually is. While there are some edge of your seat moments, a lot of times I felt like I was watching the 'amusement park version' of Tomb Raider."
BOX OFFICE TOP 5
7
Kung Fu Panda 4
$5.5 million