There is something cathartic about watching characters get the snot kicked out of them and still stand up for more. However, before she makes it official she learns where her father went and sets off for the mysterious island of Yamatai with hired captain Lu Ren (Daniel Wu), to search for the tomb of Himiko, the Queen of Death. After getting arrested for a traffic altercation, Anna (Kristen Scott Thomas), the head of Croft Industries, bails her out and implores that Lara sign the papers and take her place as head of the Croft family in her father’s stead. Her father, Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West), disappeared seven years before and Lara has deluded herself in to thinking he is still alive so she has never signed the papers transferring control of the vast family fortune to herself. When we first meet Lara Croft she is a London bike courier trying to make ends meet. It’s a good movie that happens to be based on a video game. The story was expected to be based on the critically acclaimed 2013 video game – which I loved – that rebooted the story of Lara Croft with the tale of her first expedition and subsequent struggle for survival on a cursed island swarming with mercenaries.Īfter finally getting the chance to watch the movie -and reading the negative reviews – I have to say my expectations were exceeded. Both of those films are gritty action/horror and that was the tone I was looking for in a new Tomb Raider movie. I was also familiar with Norwegian director Roar Uthaug and his films starring Ingrid Bolso-Berdal ( Westworld) Cold Prey and Escape. Coming off of her Oscar winning role in The Danish Girl and a blistering performance in Alex Garland’s brilliant Ex Machina, her involvement signaled to me that this new Tomb Raider was going to be something special. When the announcement came out that Swedish actress Alicia Vikander would be taking on the role of Lara Croft in a new movie I was pleasantly surprised.
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