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Summary: Lara Croft strikes again!
Review: In This movie the talented Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) show us that she once again could do anything. She starts off already to get cracking into the secrets of Alexander the Greats tomb. Lara and her friends go under the water to find the hidden luna temple which has been hidden since Alexander the Great. When she reaaches the temple she find the orb and then a gang of Chinese cult group emerge from the water, and kills her friends and then captures the orb.She is then brought home by Hillary and Bryce. She then struts her stuff by showing how good her aim is, by shooting all the targets in the shooting range she has in her yard. The CIA then comes and tell her the Ryce, A powerful Scientist is planning to use the orb to find Pandora's box. And the CIA don't want that and neither does Lara Croft. So she has the CIA break a long time friend out of prison. Terry Sheridan, but the CIA doesn't want that either and it all go to the her and Terry to find the orb on a rampage through China to get back the orb.
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Summary: A very tame installment of the franchise
Review: There are movies that you really want to talk about and share with other people, and there are movies you just feel "ok I watched it" when you walk out of the theatre. The second Tomb Raider is one of the movies belonging to the second category. To be honest, nothing much could be done when it comes to a video game turned movie production .........The movie flows more or less like a video game in a way that you went under the sea, climbed the mountains, beaten up baddies in the lab etc. .............................. Angelina Jolie proved that she could always make a hollow character a real character but that's all about the movie. There are different sets and background ranging from the Greek Islands, to the hybrid of modern and fishing Hong Kong, and the African Safari. However, these all provide just a different background for the video game like movie to move on - really feel like you are in a video game at different levels. The fighting scenes are getting more and more Hong Kong style beat them up but it seems that's the way to do it nowadays until it got so overused that people would no longer buy tickets for them. The special effects are average but the part when the orb reveals the map coding was well done. .................... Anyway, if you just want to spend some entertaining time with friends, this is a good choice to check out. You won't ge too disappointed with Angelina Jolie though :).
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Summary: Well Crofted...DVD RELEASE
Review: Lara Croft is like the female version of Indianna Jones/James Bond - archeology is her passion, she gets the men she wants, and she's got cool techno-gadgets. Indianna (The Last Crusade) goes after the Grail, Croft (in Cradle of Life) goes after Pandora's Box in the style Bond would by using lots of cool gadgets!
The action and stunts alone were fun (Jolie having done 80% of the stunts herself, being one of the few daring and fearless actresses out there) to watch. People have commented a lot about the "plotless plot"... I personally thought it was a simple and adventurous plot (she saves the world by stopping someone that might do bad - by abusing the use of Pandora's Box). Simple.
A fun movie targeted for all audiences - kids who like to play the video game, females who want to see Jolie kick some serious gluteus maximus, and males who basically want to see Jolie in that silver wetsuit!
The DVD is packed with a lot of extra features - I'm amazed at how much hard, physical work was put into this film (by watching the "special features - featurette" section) by both the actress (she took a bullet shell in her eye, the horse she rode in one scene nearly knocked her off by purposely riding in some low trees, intense weight training...etc.) and the crew.
I'm a big fan of movie trailers and I was bummed to see the Tomb Raider Cradle of Life trailers were NOT included on this DVD. The bonus features are worth while though.
Happy movie raiding!
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Summary: as awful as it gets
Review: There's no plot, there is no acting, and the "movie" comes across as either a gassed-up fashion show or -yes- a video game that quickly gets out of control. Until the next James Bond monstrosity arrives, this one holds a most-motorized-stuff-per-scene prize.
I gave it 2 starts instead of for one single reason -- I had a great bout of laugher at one scene where our heroine literally punches a charging great white shark (!) in the nose (!) to fend off its attack. I rest my case. And there are quite a few more laughable moments to enjoy before falling asleep. With its constant smugness and fake "coolness" this movie redefines the meaning of "awful".
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Summary: Ok, Ok, Already!
Review: Some folks here have told us at length why we should or should not buy this movie. Let me summarize in a sentence: If you do not ask for great drama, compelling acting, an emotional experience or a lasting memory, you will get instead a whole lot of no-brainer fun.
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Summary: lara croft schlumps again
Review: basically not for my taste and one of the stupidest action flicks of the year. this one pits Croft trying to stop villians from opening a plague from Pandora's box and recking havoc across the nation. with funny as [heck]dialouge and bad acting, my question is this. why the [heck] did they make a sequel. though it keeps at a 1 star rating because like the first one I liked the butler played by Christopher Barrie(Rimmer from Red Dwarf). only for fans of the video game.
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Summary: Angelina is awesome!
Review: IF you didn't go to see this movie, than you are crazy! I love this movie to the point of where i wouldn't have minded sitting in the movie theater chair and watching it over and over! She is slick, sexy, and those curves! When they say "people actually fly in this movie," trust me THEY DO. The amazing affects, the visuals, the way everything is pieced together, and action from begining to end. Too good! It's defenetly better than the first movie, and it combines sexy Angelina, with action that never stops. The movie begins good, ends good, and I am hoping for a third. A lot of people didn't seem to favor this movie, and I just can't comprehend that, because this movie takes it to an extreme. Doing things that you don't see in a normal movie, and ANGELINA, you just can't go wrong with that. Love the movie, and want to see it over and over again!
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Summary: Sexy Angelina, boring Lara
Review: I saw the first part of Lara Croft, released in 2001 and I enjoyed it. The idea of a female Indiana Jones, tough and having a lot of adventures in exotic places, sounded interesting for the moments when I would have preferred a relaxing movie. That was exactly what I needed to see last night and it looked like it was a bad decision. Except for the extraordinary landscapes where they shot the movie (Kenya, Santorini - Greece, China), and the sexy hero Angelina Jolie, I don't think there is anything else to enjoy. Despite the fact that the intention was to make an adventure movie, Lara Croft - The Cradle of Life, was boring at times and at a certain moment I started to look at my watch, unpatient to leave the cinema. The film makers did not manage to keep the suspense during the 2 hours, although they seemed to do a good job at the beginning. There is really nothing interesting I could say about this movie, as it is based on the same cliche: Angelina is involved in a secret mission to save the world, she has to pass through a lot of adventures that only a woman like her would pass and finally good wins over bad. You can see this movie unless you have nothing else better to do. Otherwise, spend your time with something more captivating.
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Summary: 2.6 out of 5
Review: After seeing the widely-shown trailers for this film, I have to say I expected a boring Indiana Jones rip-off. Well, it DID have some annoying Jones rip-off sequences, but hey - other than that, it surpassed my expectations. Which still doesn't mean it's good. Very attractive Angelina Jolie returns as Lara Croft, the female Indiana Jones-type hero. This time she's after Pandora's Box. Teaming up with an "old friend" (Gerard Butler), Croft must race against time to stop multimillionaire Jonathan Reiss (Ciaran Hinds) from reaching the ancient box - if she fails, the world will fall into Reiss' hands. The film was no more entertaining than the first film, although the action was slightly better, and the overall film was a little more well-made. The soundtrack flunks in being as good as the first, but the acting's improved (except for the "It's more powerful than you could ever imagine" - that part featured some very poor acting) and the directing's better this time 'round. You see, the film's major problem is that it has all the right stuff to make a great movie - it just never does anything with it! I love the character of Lara Croft, and enjoyed the video games, so I hope they make another film - but please, this time, let's drop the Jones routine and just make a good movie.
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Summary: Movie Fan
Review: "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" is, quite possibly, the worst movie I have seen since... well, since "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider." The plot is flimsy, the acting is flat, and the action is so self-consciously "cool" it comes off as stupid and cartoony-- the audience never feels like Lara Croft is in any kind of danger. I sat through the entire movie without registering a single human emotion. A must to avoid.
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