Lara Croft Tomb Raider Special Edition (DVD)

I suppose I was relieved that the film wasn't entirely faithful to the computer game. It didn't involve an awful lot of jumping and pushing blocks, there was no trying gold keys in silver keyholes repeatedly while Lara repeats her dismissively patronising cry of "No", there was no monkey swinging, and most shocking of all, Lara's famous pistols actually needed reloading occasionally. What was common to the computer game, however, was an inevitable collection of generic "bad men", the exploration of tombs (like, duh!), a relic offering omnipotence, and a hackneyed sprawling mess of a predictable plot. We had some minimal ...  Read the complete review

What is it about video game adaptations that just renders them shoddy and almost always dire? Aside from a few decent attempts - chiefly Silent Hill, and Mortal Kombat had some silly charm - they're almost always dumb-as-a-bone and fail to respect the mythology of the original counterpart. Tomb Raider, with Angelina Jolie at the helm, inspired promise that it might actually be decent, but alas, we get another brainless and laughably bad game adaptation that's not worth your time. The film revolves around Lara Croft (Jolie), a wealthy adventurer who lives in her huge mansion. The film opens during day one of a planetary alignment, which causes a solar eclipse ...  Read the complete review

After the successful series of Tomb Raider games it was inevitable that a film would soon be created. With all films based on popular products such as books or video games for example everyone expects a high quality film that provides the experience of the book or video game. Unfortunately, sometimes films are rushed so that they can be released in time for Christmas or other public holidays. Tomb Raider is one such film. I myself am a big fan of the Tomb Raider series and I was certainly looking forward to the release of the Tomb Raider film. My favourite actress was the star of the film (Angelina Jolie) but even she couldn't pull this film further up the ...  Read the complete review

Can I confess that I like decent special effects in a film before I go on, and even a film without much of a story line, but with great special effects, like Gone in Sixty Seconds, gets a big thumbs up from me. That my friends is why I went and rented a copy of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Now, call me stupid, but I thought it would have some decent special effects, and maybe, just maybe a decent storyline. Afterall, I enjoyed playing all of the games, they actually became quite addictive. This film doesn’t have either. Ok, so the plot isn’t as bad as some movies, but this isn’t really a very good one! And as for special effects, sorry did I miss ...  Read the complete review

This is a great film and has to be watched. It contains everything form action to Angelina Jolie, What more could you want! The hype machine steamed into town with Tomb Raider, it was everywhere. If you didn't get exposed to those Nokian mobile phone adverts, it was the movie trailers, the computer games, the mousemat, the yogurt, the slippers,etc. Add some really bad reviews of the movie itself and I backed away, refusing to waste £8 on a cinema ticket. It instantly became one of those "wait for the dvd rental" decisions. Illness struck, and we all know that flu warps your judgement, making the world a trippy place. A quick ...  Read the complete review