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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Television / Theatrical Release: 2001 / Director: Simon West / Actors: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight ... / Features ... more
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (DVD) ... of the DVD: PAL / Angelina Jolie is the first and best reason to watch Lara Croft Tomb Raider. She gives an extraordinarily committed, physically demanding performance, taking on the mantle of the video game heroine with real conviction and energy, and becoming the embodiment of every teenage boy's wish-fulfilment fantasy female. She's tough, sexy and tomboyish all at the same time, and even has a plummy English accent to give her a touch of class. It's a shame that the movie doesn't live up to Jolie's high standards. A soulless juggernaut of computer-generated effects and one-dimensional characters, the film falls into the same trap that has ensnared every other video game adaptation before it. The convoluted plot--which is concerned with a mysterious planetary alignment, a quasi-Masonic secret society known as the Illuminati and a mcguffin called the Triangle of Light--takes itself far too seriously. Oddly for a film with such a pedigree, the only humour is to be found in the endless repetition by Jolie of the word "bugger", which presumably is hilariously funny to American audiences. Director Simon West, an alumnus of the Brookheimer-Simpson school of filmmaking, choreographs the action sequences spectacularly enough, and their impact is boosted hugely by Jolie's ability to perform almost all the stunt work herself. But the end result is an empty experience that leaves the viewer with the feeling that this much-loved character and this dedicated actress could have been better served. On the DVD: Eschewing the need for a second disc, this DVD still has plenty of additional material to keep fans happy. There's no single making-of documentary, but rather a series of shorter pieces on specific aspects of the production--the original game, the transition to the big screen, the special effects, the stunt work and the rigorous training endured by Jolie (apparently she got so good she could do the stunts better than any of the stunt doubles). There's also U2's "Elevation" video, some deleted scenes, DVD-ROM features and a chatty commentary from director Simon West. The widescreen picture and thumping surround soundtrack are impressive. --Mark Walker

Newest Review: ... to retrieve the key and destroy the talisman before the baddies get their hands on it. Cast: Angelina Jolie ... Lara ... more

 ... Croft Jon Voight ... Lord Richard Croft Iain Glen ... Manfred Powell Noah Taylor ... Bryce Daniel Craig ... Alex West Richard Johnson ... Distinguished Gentleman Chris Barrie ... Hillary (as Christopher Barrie) Julian Rhind-Tutt ... Mr. Pimms Leslie Phillips ... Wilson Robert Phillips ... Julius, Assault Team Leader Rachel Appleton ... Young Lara Henry Wyndham ... Boothby's Auctioneer David Cheung ... Head Laborer (as David Y. Cheung) David K.S. Tse ... Head Laborer Ozzie Yue .....more

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider [DVD] [2001]
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paulie1975
Premium Review Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (DVD): Lara Croft can do anything (Except an English Accent!) (448 words)
by - written on 20/10/09 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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Plot: Lara Croft is an adventurer who travels the world collecting ancient artifacts, she is fearless, skilled in unarmed combat, weapons and foreign languages and is a rich British aristocrat, anyway those are her credentials. The plot of this tale revolves around a secret society called the illuminate who seek a talisman giving its owner the ability to control time, they need it as a once in 5000 years alignment of the planets is taking place. To find the talisman they need a key, which they steal from Lara Croft, bad mistake guys as Ms Croft spends the rest of the film attempting to retrieve the key and destroy the talisman before the baddies get their ...  Read the complete review

kasgaroth
Premium Review A Trip Through Time (1773 words)
by - written on 18/12/01 (Very useful, 202 readings)
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The first thing I saw as I opened the plastic wrapper and then the box was the card inside with a picture of Angelina Jolie with a menacing look on her face. Makes her look like she means to do some business. This is a small four leave pamphlet about the dvd itself giving you info on the disk as well as some nice pics from the film itself. There was also as usual a leaflet containing further listings of other dvd films that have been released for you to buy if you are interested and a single page flyer style leaflet about the Lara Croft Tome Raider game Tomb Raider Chronicles. This is another in a long list of movies that has been produced over the last few ...  Read the complete review

The+Solid+Grey
Premium Review Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (DVD): Absolutely Stunning (2574 words)
by - written on 21/12/01 (Very useful, 327 readings)
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Like the game, the movie of Tomb Raider is stunning, and the DVD is a great asset to my collection, having great extra’s and DVD ROM features, but most importantly its a really terrific film. ----------------------------------------------------------- The Introduction So I decided, finally - I bought a computer, (well I ordered one), and promptly went out and bought a game to play on it (for when it came, several weeks late, I might add), at the time Tomb Raider was all the rage, and Tomb Raider III was out, so I bought it, I didn’t have much of a clue what it was about, but still, there must of been something good about it. And ...  Read the complete review

lvg23
Premium Review Angelina Jolie:Tomb Raider (375 words)
by - written on 20/09/09 (Very useful, 14 readings)
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Lara Croft is a action adventure film, released in 2001, and is the film based on the hit video game series Tomb Raider. The film is directed by Simon West and stars Angelina Jolie as the legendary Lara Croft. *Synopsis* Expolring lost empires, finding priceless artifacts, fighting deadly villians in mortal combat....it's all in a day's work for Treasure hunter and adventurer Lara Croft. She's up against a deadly secret from the late father's (Jolie's real dad Jon Voight) shady past: a legendary artifact called The Triangle of Light, with powers to alter space and time. Lara must find the Triangle before it falls into the hands of the Illuminati, a secet ...  Read the complete review

Sullivat
Premium Review Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (DVD): Lara Croft - Libido Raider (1110 words)
by - written on 19/11/01 (Very useful, 369 readings)
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Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (DVD) Lara Croft, part archaeologist, part adventurer, goes up against a ruthless secret society in a race to secure the pieces of a key to time created in antiquity that would give its owner great power. A fairly complicated plot is happily glossed over in order to get to the set pieces. Pity, I always thought the Illuminati would make a great movie villain, especially when the Americans notice that an Illuminati symbol is on every dollar bill. The production design on this film is a dream, every frame is packed full of detail and atmosphere. On DVD those busy detailed vistas can be a little hard to discern ...  Read the complete review

 
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