Review of Tomb Raider (2018) by Renatojudas — 17 Mar 2018

Lara Croft embarks on her first and very thrilling adventure, mainly inspired by the 2013 'Tomb Raider'. But does it do any justice to the 22-year-old title and its latest rebooted series? As a big fan of the game (having played the 2013 title 12 times in the past five years), I was surprisingly fascinated by how good the entire movie was.

Yes, it does take Lara a long time until she reaches the lost island where her adventure actually begins, but getting to know this sweet, innocent and troubled Lara in the first part of the movie was both exciting and very relating, to anyone in audience.

She is smart and intelligent, yet she hides it. She doesn't want to take her father's wealth or go to college, instead she's trying to find out who she really is. Many tributes to the 2013 game, from names to action sequences, and a big story plot (quite unexpected and maybe little disappointing to hardcore Lara fans) define this very thrilling and exciting game.

Interesting thing is that it's not just Lara, but the enemy who's quite relocatable at moments and very multi-dimensional. Definitely a movie that every fan should see, as well as anyone who loves the action/adventure genre.

It's been a long time since we've seen so many women taking the silver screen by storm and Alicia Vikander is one of the best at their job.