Tomb Raider Review

Tomb Raider

Release Date: 15th March 2018 - Australia

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures
Metro Goldwyn Mayer

SquareEnix
GK Films

Distribution

Roadshow Distribution

Genre: Action/Adventure

Rating: M

Runtime: 118 minutes

Budget: $90,000,000

Box Office Gross: $274,650,803 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

When the fiercely independent Lara Croft finds herself on the island where her adventurer father disappeared, she must push herself beyond her limits. (Source - Metro Cinemas)

Cast

Alicia Vikander - Lara Croft

Dominic West - Lord Richard
Croft

Walton Goggins - Mathias
Vogel

Daniel Wu - Lu Ren

Kristin Scott Thomas - Ana
Miller
Derek Jacobi - Mr. Yaffe
Alexandre Willaume -
Lieutenant
Hannah John-Kamen -
Sophie

Josef Atlin - Bruce the Boss

Billy Postlethwaite - Bill

Roger Jean Nsengiyumva -
Rog

Jaime Winstone - Pamela

Michael Obiora - Baxter
Nick Frost - Pawnbroker Alan
(Uncredited)

Shekhar Varma - Mr. Ahuja 

Rekha John-Cheriyan - Mrs.
Ahuja
Antonio Aakeel - Nitin
Maisy De Freitas - Young
Lara (7 years old)
Emily Carey - Young Lara
(14 years old)

Duncan Airlie James - Terry
the Trainer

Annabel Elizabeth Wood -
Rose

Crew
Director - Roar Uthaug
Story - Evan Daugherty
Story/Screenplay - Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Screenplay - Alastair Siddons
Executive Producers - Noah Hughes, Patrick McCormick and Denis O'Sullivan
Producer - Graham King
Production Designer - Gary Freeman

Supervising Art Director: UK - Simon Lamont
Costume Designer - Colleen Atwood
Co-Costume Designer - Timothy A. Wonsik
Cinematography - George Richmond
Stunt Coordinator - Mark Henson
Special Effects Supervisors - Max Poolman and
Ivan Janse Van Rensburg

Special Effects Supervisor: UK - Richard Van Den Burgh

Special Effects Coordinator - Lise-Marie Bothma

Visual Effects Supervisor - Hubert Maston
Film Editors - Stuart Baird, Tom Harrison-Read
and Michael Tronick
Music - Junkie XL

Review

I’m so sorry for putting this blog into a three-week hiatus, I haven’t had time to think as I was too busy dealing with other projects as well as a portfolio and interview preparations. Remember when the early 'Tomb Raider' movies were adapted into the big screen from its notable video game franchise and the first instalment was a smash hit and a career-defining moment for one of Hollywood’s contemporary leading actresses, Angelina Jolie. Now there’s a new cinematic interpretation that is said to have been inspired by the video games’ rebooted origin stories and takes a new spin into the iconic female character Lara Croft, into her new setting and personality. I’ve never played any of these games elsewhere but this new movie was much grittier and realistic and a bit of an improvement to its predecessors which were both subpar to everyone’s opinion. 

Most moviegoers have anticipated this picture and I just didn’t care how much has changed in the revised film adaption of 'TOMB RAIDER'. I’m sure this new movie will go far and succeed as one of the few good movies to be based on a video game unlike each one that turns out to be lacklustre and has brought nothing new and exciting to the official game template. The adventurous feel is still there in 'TOMB RAIDER' but the storyline feels like a cut-and-paste translation of other origin stories. I feel that it’s the filmmaker’s doing of trying to convene a gritty look in the picture. The action scenes are terrific and more interesting is how the film contains some decent effects as well as a splendid pace.

Angelina Jolie was the original actress that portrayed Lara Croft, she has now retired from playing the character and will be deeply missed. Alicia Vikander is nearly as terrific and seems to be enjoying her performance despite her own take of the female adventurer/archeologist being passable. It’s not hard to see and understand why she was chosen for that imperfect role since she was younger than her predecessor.

I believe the filmmakers have actually got some of the right aspects, even though it’s close to being the best video game movie adaptation. 'TOMB RAIDER' is currently awaiting for its release in stores and online-streaming. I wish you all the best, if you give the movie a try.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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