Review of Tomb Raider (2018) by Cringas I — 24 Mar 2018

A painted by numbers film with horrible direction; filled with shaky-cam, mudded cinematography and painful expository dialogue. Wasted potential.

This review of Tomb Raider (2018) was written by Cringas I on 24 Mar 2018.

Tomb Raider has generally received mixed reviews.

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