Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Angelina Jolie, Chris Barrie, Ciarán Hinds, Daniel Caltagirone, Djimon Hounsou ... (see more) , Gerard Butler , Noah Taylor , Ronan Vibert , Simon Yam , Terence Yin , Til Schweiger
In director Jan de Bont's adventure sequel, thrill-seeking archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) journeys to an underwater temple that leads to a sphere with the map to mythical Pandora's box. But the orb is promptly stolen by Chen Lo (Simon Yam), the leader of a Chinese crime syndicate with tie... (read more) In director Jan de Bont's adventure sequel, thrill-seeking archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) journeys to an underwater temple that leads to a sphere with the map to mythical Pandora's box. But the orb is promptly stolen by Chen Lo (Simon Yam), the leader of a Chinese crime syndicate with ties to a maniac who wants to use the box as a doomsday weapon. Lara must get the sphere back before it's literally the end of the world.
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PG-13, 117 min.
Directed by:
Jan de Bont
Release Date: Jul 21, 2003
DVD Release Date: Nov 18, 2003
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Good action. Plug in your suspension of disbelief, keep your expectations low, and enjoy the ride.
I prefer this film to the first one, feels like its got more adventure in it
This is one of those instances in which a sequel is actually better than it's predecessor.Jan De Bont's film is darker,more violent and edgier than the the first film and is an overall improvement.Jolie is even better here than she was in the first,p... (read more) This is one of those instances in which a sequel is actually better than it's predecessor.Jan De Bont's film is darker,more violent and edgier than the the first film and is an overall improvement.Jolie is even better here than she was in the first,playing Croft with that extra confidence of somebody who's played this character before and knows them inside out and she also benefits from having more material to work with.Gerard Butler is very good in the male lead and sparks well off Jolie.The action scenes,as you would expect,are top notch and this film has a much stronger villain in Ciaran Hinds character.A very good film,genuinely underappreciated.
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Scenery can't save this blindingly dull sequel.full review
For a movie based on a video game, the story is as far-fetched and the characters as one-dimensional as one might expect.full review
Without sacrificing velocity, de Bont gives us a clean, watchable film, with some exciting sequences.full review
Uses imagination and exciting locations to give the movie the same kind of pulp adventure feeling we get from the Indiana Jones movies.full review
Both Tomb Raiders suffer from rampant action-adventure cliches and the sort of lumbering dialogue that harks back to the Saturday morning serials of yore.full review
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