Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (Special Collector's Edition)
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[3.5 Stars]
125 Reviews
Pub. 18-Nov-2003;
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Product Description
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Cradle of Life is certainly better than its 2001 predecessor, but its appeal is mostly aimed at fans of the video games that inspired both movies. That pretty much leaves you with some fun but familiar action sequences, and the ever-alluring sight of Angelina Jolie (reprising her title role) as she swims, swings, kicks, shoots, flies, jet-skis, motorcycles, and free-falls her way toward saving the world, this time by making sure that a grimacing villain (Ciarán Hinds) doesn't open Pandora's Box (yes, the actual mythological object) and unleash a deadly plague that will "weed out" the global population. Exotic locations add to Jolie's own coolly erotic appeal, but we're left wondering if this franchise has anywhere else to go. --Jeff Shannon
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Anamorphic;
Closed-captioned;
Collector's Edition;
Color;
DVD-Video;
Widescreen;
NTSC;
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The best thing about this film is Angelina Jolie, who as we know now can be a fine actress (see A Mighty Heart) as well as looking stunning. However in general this is just an overblown blockbuster with a plot thats similar to that used in the Indiana Jones films. After an admittedly promising beginning this rapidly descends into stunt after stunt followed by explosion after explosion then gun battle after gun battle and unarmed combat fight ad-nauseum. Credit where credit is due the stunts are well done, and I believe that Jolie did many herself.
So if you like films of this type then this for you - it'll be a great film you should buy regardless of how much Amazon are selling it for. For me it needed a better script and more characterisation. The combination of these two changes could easily have been done at the expense of a few stunts/explosions/fights. Theres no reason why this can't be done with films based on games. After all it has been done successfully with films based on comic strip characters (think X-men or Batman Begins).
So my advice is only buy if very cheap.
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[Rating: 2 Stars]
Loved this film when it first came out and still like to keep in my collection.;
[Rating: 5 Stars]
I really like this movie, even more that the first one. It has a lot of action. And the DVD features are pretty good. ;
[Rating: 4 Stars]
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