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Summary: Pretty Pictures, Creative Stunts, So-So Script
Review: Adventuress/archeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) is the first to find the mythical Luna Temple where, according to the film's legend, Alexander the Great kept his greatest treasures which were all lost when a volcanic eruption buried the Temple beneath the sea. The most unusual item in the collection is a glowing golden orb upon which is inscribed directions to the Cradle of Life, rumored to be the birthplace of life on Earth and the resting place of Pandora's Box. Pandora's Box holds the antithesis of life: a lethal plague which could destroy life on Earth if unleashed. Shortly after Lara finds the orb, it is stolen by a Chinese Crime syndicate that intends to sell the orb to Jonathan Reiss (Ciaran Hinds), an international kingpin who makes biological weapons for profit. Alarmed that Pandora's Box could fall into such villainous hands, the British government seeks Lara's help in retrieving the orb and preventing Rice from finding the Cradle of Life. Lara enlists the help of her former lover and convicted traitor, Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler) in tracking down the mysterious orb and the Box to which it holds the key."The Cradle of Life" is the second movie based on the video game "Lara Croft Tomb Raider". I don't think the writing is as good as the first film, but there are some fairly creative and entertaining action sequences. Angelina Jolie is, once again, the perfect Lara Croft. She looks the part. She projects a larger-than-life presence onscreen. Croft is charismatic, mischievous, tireless and shares with Jolie a certain joie de vivre that makes her captivating even in the midst of the occasional really silly scene. "The Cradle of Life" gives us some spectacular views of exotic locales under the Mediterranean Sea, in China, and in Africa. I found the adventures in China to be the most visually interesting, as well as being where the most creative new stunts are employed. The last third of the film goes downhill. Once it reaches Africa, the film employs too many clichés and way too much CGI. It loses all basis in reality and any sense of excitement with it. "The Cradle of Life" isn't a bad film. As long as you treat it like most action films and don't insist that it make much sense, the first two thirds of the film are enjoyable on an eye-candy level. This time the filmmakers have included some eye candy for the ladies in the audience, as well, in the form of actor Gerard Butler. Terry Sheridan is a sexy and irreverent bad boy -and not too hard on the eyes. The DVD: This is a nice fully-loaded disc. The audio commentary by director Jan de Bont is good. It can be turned on using the menu, but it can't be turned off that way. To turn it off, press "audio" on your remote. There is a series of five short "making of" documentaries called "featurettes" that discuss the film's training, vehicles and weapons, stunts, visual effects, and scoring. Other bonus features include a DVD-ROM of the film's website (Windows only), deleted scenes, actor Gerard Butler's screen test, and 2 music videos. I recommend the Featurette documentaries and, if you still haven't had enough, Jan de Bont's audio commentary. If you only have time to watch one extra, I recommend the "Stunts" featurette.
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Summary: Angelina In Action!
Review: Lara Croft as played by Angelina Jolie is a female cross between James Bond and Indiana Jones. Angelina joins the ranks of Harrison Ford, Bruce Lee etc. as a natural action hero. Angelina makes it worthwile. This is her calling.
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Summary: Pure Fun
Review: I know many people don't like this movie but I think everybody can agree that the character of Lara Croft and Angelina Jolie go together perfectly. She is a joy to watch on screen. She can do comedy, drama, romance, but action really suits her. I really don't understand what people don't like about the Tomb Raider movies. They're not meant to have believable storylines. They're not meant to have Oscar worthy performances. They just meant to entertain. Watching Lara jump off a building, explore an under water temple, and run for her life from tree monsters is my idea of a fun movie! I wish there would be many more Tomb Raider movies but I very much doubt that will happen.
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Summary: The good: graphic, the bad: supporting cast, Ugly:storyline
Review: It is hard to describe a movie that is so average quality. British made/based movies today seem to rely too much on computer graphics: The Lord of the Ring, Harry Potter, and James Bond. They follow much of the same chemistry that the originally movie had developed and regurgitated it in the following movie with a little different story. The second Harry Plotter's movie flowed in the similar rhythm as the first movie. Tomb Raider II also flows in a similar style to the first one which equal to Tomb Raider I is Tomb Raider II. Angelina Jolie is now almost synonymous to Lara Croft. Her character is strong, beautiful, and tough, which is simply the whole movie. If you like that, then Tomb Raider is god sent to you. Her supporting casts and her male companion are even less developed and uneventful then in the first movie. Her male companion, this time a British's prisoner had the same fate as the first, with having similar plotting question if he would be true to Lara or to himself. The first movie was a two liners: Lara Croft finds the treasure and finding peace with her deceased father. This movie is a one liner; finding the treasure (Pandora's Box), but not opening it. The concept about a movie using a great mythical idea of Pandora's Box was not used affectively in the interplay with the storyline. The graphic was on par with the first. The action was more Hong Kong's style on the edge of bizarre and cool. Unlike, the first movie the scenes were not as jumpy and moves smoothly. Lara's quest for the treasure moves from one area to another chronically. The first movies bounced Lara from exotic locals to her home and back forcefully. The DVD content is average to other DVD special, having deleted scene, commentaries, how the movies was developed and created. There were two average music videos with Korn and Paycheck? There is nothing too interesting in the special features that I can recommend looking into. The surround sound is OK, but not too thrawning and nothing like Black Hawk Down. In the end, this is an average movie with great graphics and the showboating of a beautiful Lara Croft to balance an uneventful storyline and a weak plot.
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Summary: Very good movie
Review: I have watched both tomb raiders and this is the better one. It follows Lara croft searching for Pandora's box, an object that can unleash pain into the world. She must find it before Jonathan rice, a biological terroist can. Mr rice plans on using it to his diobolical schemes. Along the way, she teams up with terri sheridan, a traitor who's been assigned to help lara. Overall, it's a really good movie.
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Summary: I have two words for you...............
Review: Angelina Jolie.............she is hot, hot, hot!!
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Summary: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Review: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life had a better story line than the first but in my opinion it lacked the action that the first film gave us. This one though is more entertaining and it isn't as slow-developing as the original was and it had a lot of cool settings and it felt more like the game because she traveled to more places during this movie than she did in the first. Overall it was a great film but could've had a little more action. I can't wait until it's released to get my copy of it!
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Summary: Angelina Jolie = Perfect Lara. Shame about the movie.
Review: Quite simply Angelina Jolie is perfect as Lara Croft. Her accent, the way she looks and moves are all spot on. I remember telling a friend years ago there was only two actresses who could play Lara, Angelina and Elizabeth Hurley. I'm glad they went with Angelina for 2 reasons, one she is much more athletic than Hurley and two she can actually act. Put simply though even Jolie as Croft cannot save this movie. I found some of the dialogue cheesy beyond belief. The actor who played her partner was completely unbelievable as an ex-Marine "super soldier." The action sequences weren't all that. Lets hope for a better 3rd movie with Jolie again playing Lara, but this time with a better story and more impressive action sequences. Get rid of the love interest as well, it really isn't interesting at all. I guess i would like to see the next movie rated 15, have a more adult Lara, more guns, more action, just like the games.
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Summary: Jolie is a Goddess
Review: Angelina Jolie is a ravishing goddess of the divine nature. Her exquisite features as Lara Croft have sent electric bolts through my body! In "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life," Croft rides horses, motorcycles, and jetskis. She did a remarkable cross-body flip in the water which reminded me of the golden days. Jumping off of buildings with no parachutes was also perfected. She learned from the best and she has probably seen all of my "How to Do This" videos, for I'm the best. Now, she did all of this to prevent slimy fellows of finding Pandora's Box. Fine movie indeed.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE!!!
Review: THIS SECQUEL WAS WAY BETTER THAN THE FIRST WITH LOT'S MORE ACTION AND LESS TALK. ANGELINA JOLIE, LIKE ALWAYS PUT OUT AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. THIS DVD IS A MUST BUY, I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE RELEASE DATE.
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