IGN.com|AskMen.com|Rotten Tomatoes|GameSpy|FilePlanet|TeamXbox|CheatsCodesGuides|GameStats|Direct2Drive

RottenTomatoes.com

Register | Log In | What is RT?
It's our 10th birthday, so you get presents!
Home Movies DVD Celebrities News Critics Photos & Trailers The Vine Forums
Box Office | Best Of | Certified Fresh | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
 
MOVIES / ON DVD / LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

Rate This Movie

Write a Review
See Pictures
Share This Movie
Add to List
Buy Poster

Bookmark and Share

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

23%
33%
42%
N/A
N/A
N/A
23 %
Reviews Counted: 151 Fresh: 35  Rotten:116 Average Rating: 4.5/10
 
Consensus: Though the sequel is an improvement over the first movie, it's still lacking in thrills.
 

How does the Tomatometer work?

The Tomatometer measures the percentage of positive reviews from Approved Tomatometer Critics for a certain movie.[-]

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

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 important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box.... 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]

Genre: Action/Adventure

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

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

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 10, 2005

[DVD Details]

Reviews

 
T-Meter Critics
 
 
Top Critics
 
 
RT Community
 
 
My Critics
 
 
My Friends
 
 
DVD
 
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >> >|
Arrange By: Name | Fresh | Rotten | Date | Source
 
 
Ratings Image
2/5

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
12/30/06
Empire Magazine
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
10/01/03
Guardian [UK]
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
09/12/03
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
Ratings Image
1.5/4

The first movie had grey stone and blue light and orange beams, and it just looked cooler and more together.

Full Review | comment Comment
09/09/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic
Ratings Image
2/5

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.

Full Review | comment Comment
08/21/03
Annette Dasey
Teletext
Ratings Image
1/5

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
08/12/03
Nev Pierce
BBC
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image
1/5

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
08/09/03
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
Ratings Image
2/4

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
Ratings Image
2.5/5

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image
2.5/4

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
09/30/05
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
Ratings Image
2/4

Better than its predecessor--and, yes, that's every bit the backhanded compliment it sounds like.

Full Review | comment Comment
01/03/05
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
Ratings Image
3/4

... 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.

Full Review | comment Comment
09/20/04
Mark Collette
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Ratings Image
1/5

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

Full Review | comment Comment
01/02/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Ratings Image
1.5/4

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.

Full Review | comment Comment
12/15/03
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
Ratings Image
1.5/4

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

Full Review | comment Comment
12/09/03
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
Ratings Image
5/10

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
11/10/03
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com
Ratings Image
B+

It’s not perfect (it’s a sequel after all), but the latest Lara Croft film is smart, sexy and great summer fun.

Full Review | comment Comment
10/07/03
David Foucher
EDGE Boston
Ratings Image
2.5/4

'Es una película regular que si se ve con el humor adecuado puede llegar a gustar, pues lo único que promete – y ofrece – es un rato de esparcimiento'

Full Review | comment Comment
10/02/03
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review | comment Comment
09/27/03
Sydney Morning Herald
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >> >|
See More Topics...

Related Forums

REEL_REVIEWER
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER THE CRADLE OF LIFE wins the prize (for longest film title?)
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/25/07


REEL_REVIEWER
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER THE CRADLE OF LIFE wins the prize (for longest film title?)
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/25/07


REEL_REVIEWER
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER THE CRADLE OF LIFE wins the prize (for longest film title?)
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/25/07


REEL_REVIEWER
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER THE CRADLE OF LIFE wins the prize (for longest film title?)
by: REEL_REVIEWER 3/25/07


Post Your Thoughts On The Movie
by: Reptile_Orion 1/3/04
all

Pictures

all

Trailers & Clips

Descending Cliff
all

News

Wait, What? "Point Break 2"? And Another "Tomb Raider"?
posted by Scott Weinberg May 15, 2007
From the "sequels we're not dying for" department, we get a few tidbits regarding the possibility of A)...


Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie Are "Wanted" for Graphic Novel Adaptation
posted by Scott Weinberg March 20, 2007
Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy seem to be locked up for "Wanted," an assassination...


Will Angelina Jolie Be Returning for "Tomb Raider 3"?
posted by Scott Weinberg December 20, 2006
Considering how weak the first two movies were, this news strikes me as kinda disturbing ... but apparently someone in...


Jolie Ready for Another Trip to the "Tomb"?
posted by Scott Weinberg April 24, 2006
IGN FilmForce brings us some maybe-news from semi-reliable sources: Seems that Ms. Angelina Jolie may be grabbing...

Around the Network

• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life at Rotten Tomatoes
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life at IGN
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life at AskMen
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | ModCenter | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2008, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.