Review of Tomb Raider (2018) by Latincritic13 — 16 Mar 2018

Back in the 2000s, I used to remember how hilariously awful that the original Tomb Raider was when it had its insanely flawed comedic material being implemented into it, but don’t be afraid though, because the reboot actually clicks! (well sort of…) What made this reboot good for this video game adaptation is that our leading lady Alicia Vikander actually makes things pretty darn entertaining to watch when you see her giving one hell of a kickass performance as Lara Croft.

Don’t expect any sexual innuendo in this film because Vikander’s Lara Croft is not like Angelina Jolie’s Croft at all, she literally kicks ass all over in this reboot. To be honest, this film did a good job on maintaining its R-rated-like feeling to this adaptation since the latest Tomb Raider video games are mature as a PG-13 rated movie.

It would have been better if Tomb Raider was R-rated so the direction and script would be even better in this movie. The stunts and the camera work are very well timed like any action/adventure film you see, but not everything clicks when this film is having trouble trying to develop its characters and story and the direction is extremely cliché.

To be honest, this Tomb Raider reboot is actually pretty decent to watch and way better than most video game adaptation movies that you will ever see in theaters. Sadly, this film does not break that video game adaptation movie curse.

[I'm still waiting for Shawn Levy’s so-called Uncharted movie to drop though….