Tomb Raider

Starting afresh: it’s a reboot of the Tomb Raider films series with Alicia Vikander playing a twenty-something year old Lara Croft who is still figuring “the kind of Croft she is” while trying to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of her father.

Why is it when there are no more ideas of how to take a movie franchise further (especially about an action hero) then the next step is to do a reboot of the franchise by telling the story from the origin of the character.

This movie is just plain laziness; a reboot of the film series based on the success of the 2013 reboot of the game series. Just another way of getting people to spend money to watch non-creative work.

I was however impressed by Vikander’s energy and dedication in portraying Lara Croft: relentless and stubborn. In the supporting role, Dominic West did a decent job as Sir Alex Croft. Truthfully, apart from a few passable action scenes, there was nothing memorable about the film or the rest of the characters.

The first half of it was dull, the dialogue equally so and the plot was predictable (I could literally tell what would happen in each scene). Throughout the film I kept feeling like something was missing… adventure. I didn’t feel like I was taken into any adventure. Cinematography wasn’t bad (picture croft under the ocean, a sinking ship, tumultuous sea and a storm) so cool

Surprised its making waves though, come to think about it so did the 2001 film even with the negative reviews.

Tomb Raider isn’t wonderful but I believe that it has potential and a sequel will be much better if done right.