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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

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Reviews Counted:150

Fresh:35

Rotten:115

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: Though the sequel is an improvement over the first movie, it's still lacking in thrills.

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Popular video game character Lara Croft returns to the big screen in this sequel to LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER. Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) has made perhaps the most... Popular video game character Lara Croft returns to the big screen in this sequel to LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER. Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss (Ciaran Hinds), an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon. Recruited by British Intelligence to get the orb back from Reiss, Lara enlists Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler), a British marine turned mercenary--and her former love interest--to help. The two embark on an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to regain the orb. Lara is a walking advertisement for "girl power." She's brilliant, athletic, courageous, and saucy. She flips jet skis, parachutes to safety from tall buildings, dives, rides horses--nothing seems beyond her. Best of all, Lara is one of the good ones--she'll do whatever she must to keep the world safe. Directed by Jan de Bont, this film was shot on location in Greece, Kenya, Hong Kong, England, and Wales. [More]

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, Djimon Hounsou

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, Djimon Hounsou, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger, Simon Yam, Chris Barrie

Director: Jan de Bont

Director: Jan de Bont
Screenwriter: Dean Georgaris
Story: Steven E. De Souza, James V. Hart
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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09/12/03
Rich Cline
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The first movie had grey stone and blue light and orange beams, and it just looked cooler and more together.

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09/09/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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Angelina Jolie's once again strapped on those hilariously-huge fake bazookas, which are about the only things that lift this movie from its celluloid plateau.

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08/21/03
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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
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Better than its predecessor--and, yes, that's every bit the backhanded compliment it sounds like.

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01/03/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

... true to the look and spirit of the game and ... more fun than watching someone else play 'Tomb Raider,' which was the bane of the first Lara Croft installment.

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09/20/04
Mark Collette
Mark Collette
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

The new Lara Croft has no reason to exist except that the first one made money.

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01/02/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

There remains the essential truth (and Tomb Raider 2's fiscal failure speaks to this) that even without analysis, there needs to be some meat on the bone.

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12/15/03
Walter Chaw
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Film Freak Central

The pace can best be described as similar to crawling through quicksand with two broken legs and a refrigerator strapped to your back.

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12/09/03
Matt Brunson
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May 15, 2007: Wait, What? "Point Break 2"? And Another "Tomb Raider"?
From the "sequels we're not dying for" department, we get a few tidbits regarding the possibility of A) "Tomb Raider 3" and B) "Point Break 2."... More...

March 20, 2007: Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie Are "Wanted" for Graphic Novel Adaptation
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December 20, 2006: Will Angelina Jolie Be Returning for "Tomb Raider 3"?
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April 24, 2006: Jolie Ready for Another Trip to the "Tomb"?
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