Lara Croft (Vikander) is a strong, independent young lady struggling to make her ends meet as a bicycle carrier. After getting bailed out of jail for her latest get money scam that fails, by her former caretaker Ana Miller (Thomas), she is is convinced by Ms Miller to assume her father's estate and businesses, since he has been missing and presumed dead. Lara who is not content with the idea that her father, the eccentric adventurer Lord Richard Croft (West) is dead, sets out on her own adventure to find him. Upon finding journals chronicling his last journey and against his final wish to destroy them, she uses them to guide her along with Lu Ren (Wu) the son of her father's travel companion who is also missing. The two ends up on an uncharted island off of Japan and will soon be abducted by treasure mercenary Mathias Vogel (Goggins) who claimed to have murdered both their fathers so that he can claim the prize of some legendary tomb. When Lara manages to escape she learns that her father is still alive and the two will unite to thwart Vogel's plans to open the tomb and take its contents.
Reel Talk:
I don't know if you should call this a reboot of the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider made famous by Angelina Jolie because it is more like a prequel to that film. But either way, don't go with the expectation that this one will match up to the Jolie film. It is totally on its own and although Alicia Vikander is a beautiful young actress and the film has some action, it did not captivate me enough to justify why it was made. Some classic films should stay just that....a classic. Not saying that it is a bad movie by no means, just it could have not been made. It does have action but it is much more slower than the original. And Lara Croft caused more of her dilemmas by not listening and could have and probably should have been dead a few times in the film. It was entertaining at best, just not that enjoyable entertaining.
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Googins, Daniel Wu and Kristin Scott Thomas
Directed by: Roar Uthaug
Rated: PG-13
I give it 2 and a half eaten corn dogs.
By: THE REEL HUSTLER
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