Tomb Raider

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Tomb Raider is a reboot of the movies from the early 2000s starring Angelina Jolie. It is also based on the 2013 reboot of the popular video game franchise. In the movie, Lara Croft (played by Alicia Vikander) has spent years aimlessly going through life the disappearance of her father several years earlier. One day, she finds a video from her father (played by Dominic West), and decides to go looking for him. From there, she ends up involved with deadly adversaries and a treasure hunt that could lead to the end of civilization, as we know it. Full disclosure, I never played any of the Tomb Raider games, so I don’t know exactly how accurate this movie is. Judging purely as a movie, I enjoyed it. The performances are pretty solid, especially those of Vikander, Dominic West, and Walton Goggins as the film’s main villain. Alicia Vikander, in particular, stands out. She really shows a dedication to the work she had to put into this movie. She proves herself just as capable of selling the action and fighting as she is at selling the more emotional and dramatic moments. The movie ends with the potential of setting up a sequel, and I honestly enjoyed this movie well enough that I want to see where this story goes. All that aside, this movie isn’t perfect. The humor in this movie generally fell pretty flat. Some of the action could be pretty tough to make out. Thankfully, there wasn’t too much shaky cam. Outside of Lara herself, a lot of the character development felt pretty thin. Will a potential sequel fix some of these issues? It’s hard to say. Like I said earlier, I enjoyed this movie well enough that I actually do want to see more, despite its noticeable flaws.

7 / 10