Solemplex
To me, this movie is perfection.
AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Lachlan Coulson
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Cristal
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
debnath-ankan
Its always very entertaining to see a movie which has a lot of puzzle solving scenes. This movie is does the same. For people who didn't play the game, this film might feel like short stories joined together. But if you are a big fan of the Lara Croft franchise, then you will love it.
RoboRabbit89
I was 11 at the time, my dad and I seen this back in 2001,
and I have to tell you I totally loved it, my dad did as well.
I own it on VHS which I found in 2010 when my library had it, and was giving it away, then in 2015 I found a decent copy on DVD at a flea market. The year before the films release, I had recently bought the video game
"Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation", for PS1 but never got far on it,
hell I still haven't beaten the game yet.Angelina Jolie was a great choice to play Lara Croft, she was my first crush
and she's super sexy in this, and around this time she looked her best,
my friends and I agree that she looks great looking in it too.Because nowadays she still looks good but she needs to take better care of herself, I want her to make movies for a long time.
She also looks like a living incarnation of the character from the original game
series, it's quite uncanny to tell you the truth.Now, I don't know much about the the games but I love this movie.
This is basically a female version of Indiana Jones, a clone of it,
if you you will, but director Simon West did a great job of just making
a fun adventure film. I didn't like Con Air but I liked this film very much.On to the action, the action scenes are great, exciting and fun and
very well paced, I mean the movie runs at 100 minutes but you don't
really notice because the movie is so entertaining, which is good.Her real life father Jon Voight is also good in this but he's mostly
in flash back scenes so if your a fan of his, that's a little heads up.
I recently seen him in the film "Runaway Train" from 1986,
that film was also good too, but more on that for anther review.The rest of the cast is forgettable but I still liked them as well,
especially the main baddie called Powell, he was very good in his part.
Angelina's fight at the end with Powell was very cool too.Overall a fun adventure film that is pure escapist entertainment
from start to finish. I give it a solid 6.8/10. If your thinking of seeing
this, you should see it, Angelina is very hot and just so bad ass
at the same-time which is fun. Highly recommended.
Eric Stevenson
I played some of the "Tomb Raider" games, but I never really considered myself a fan. Okay, I was always turned on by Lara Croft. You should all know what I mean by that. Probably the most annoying part of his movie was the fact that Angelina Jolie wore padding. Yes, they literally thought that Jolie did not have a large enough cleavage to play Lara Croft. I'm surprised more people don't mention that. To be fair, she does look a lot like her here and more or less acts like her. A big problem with this movie is the pacing. I thought the fight in the middle seemed like the climax.The CGI wasn't bad at first but in the later parts of the movie, it really looked stupid and that was distracting. Still, the fight scenes they do have aren't bad. It does get pretty dumb at the end as it shows Lara climbing up this pyramid and meeting with her father. I'm sorry, but I'll never be able to look at the Eye of the Illuminati again without thinking of Bill Cipher. "Gravity Falls" was just that awesome of a show. At least the length is very even, at exactly 100 minutes! It's not as bad as some critic would have you think, but Roger Ebert did like this. **
gavin6942
Video game adventuress Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.Angelina Jolie has had a strange career. She started out as the daughter of Jon Voight (who plays her father here). Whether that helped her or not, I do not know. But she landed some roles in "Hackers" and "Lara Croft". She married Brad Pitt, the king of Hollywood. She is seen as a humanitarian and is now (2015) establishing herself as a director. What a career! This film is a little bit silly. The adventure and action is not realistic, but being based on a video game, it probably shouldn't be. Fun? Yes. And apparently quite successful, since it spawned at least one sequel.