Review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) by Christopher S — 22 Jul 2011

There really is not much to say about this weak film. One would expect a film based on a very strong gaming franchise and budget to give the audience a few thrills and exciting sequences, instead, we are denied. Denied and forced to watch a film thats the least bit fun or exciting or even fresh. Its only remotely entertaining by the fact that Angelina Jolie back in 2001 was much more stacked and was a bit more exotic in appearance.

Director Simon West (Con Air, The General's Daughter) does his best with this horrible script and sets up the action scenes in a stylistic way but not even that is enough for adventure fans that have not grown to care for our female hero. Side note: Something I found a bit amusing. English actor Daniel Craig adopted an American accent for his role. Yet, Jolie, being American, takes on an English accent.

Like a previous reviewer stated, It's amazing how dated this film is already. Watching Tomb Raider 10 years later in 2011 makes you feel like your watching a film that was made 20 to 30 years ago. we are left with a recycled, cliched film that leaves no clichà (C) unturned.