Did Tomb Raider do enough to freshen up the genre? I thought the deadly puzzle with the multi-coloured stones was a neat spin. Ditto the ladder over a sharp fall, which recalled the precarious bridge scene in Temple of Doom. But there was a moment down in the final resting place of long-dead Japanese queen Himiko when nobody in the auditorium would have been too surprised to hear Harrison Ford whisper “close your eyes” as the baddies furtively prised open her ancient tomb. Alicia Vikander, who starred as the video-game heroine in the revival 2018 film, told Entertainment Weekly that a follow-up is. Given the inspiration for the original video game was a certain whip-cracking archaeologist, it’s probably a little unfair to criticise Tomb Raider for swiping too heavily from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lara Croft has hit a snag ahead of the Tomb Raider sequel. Crucially, the Swedish actor always looks genuinely capable of taking down stronger male opponents, though the CGI-tastic finale in which she climbs through a collapsing torrent of boulders surely rather beggared belief. Vikander is capable of her own uniquely spiky form of feminine menace, as exemplified by her sinister turn as a flirty robot in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, and she more than holds her own as the all-action archaeological explorer. Photograph: Ilze Kitshoff/APĭespite failing to register with the critics, Jolie’s stint as Lara Croft did achieve the feat of setting her up as one of the more bankable female action heroes of the past 20 years, leading to sojourns in Mr and Mrs Smith, Wanted and Salt. Genuinely capable … Daniel Wu, left, and Alicia Vikander in Tomb Raider. Did you appreciate bearing witness to the birth of a legend? Or would you have happily skipped the first 45 minutes of the film? Alicia Vikander: action hero It’s a neat way to make Lara more relatable, but does rather fail when we know she only has to sign daddy’s death forms and walk half a mile south down Bishopsgate to be restored to the lap of luxury. In the new movie, Croft is living among the hoi polloi of Shoreditch, barely scraping a living as a bicycle courier because she refuses to admit her father is dead and lay claim to her spectacular inheritance. In 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, we first meet Jolie as she is fighting a giant robot to retrieve a priceless diamond. Who boasts the finest cut-glass English accent? Angelina or Alicia? Did the new movie’s slightly more grounded approach appeal more than the 00s action cheese of the original films? Who made the best Daddy Croft, newcomer Dominic West, or the earlier films’ Jon Voight? And were the new movie’s screenwriters right to dispense with any real romantic interest for Lara this time around, hunky Daniel Craig replaced by a fellow from the local Indian restaurant who never quite summons up the coverage to ask Lara out? East End chicanery and origins story fatigue Green posted a peek at what Season 2 would have been, dubbed “ Lovecraft Country: Supremacy” about a divided nation overrun by zombies.All action … Angelina Jolie in 2001’s Lara Croft Tomb Raider Photograph: Alex Bailey/AP Following the cancellation of the HBO Max series, “Lovecraft Country” earned five Emmy nominations including Best Drama Series. Meanwhile, “Lovecraft Country” showrunner Green’s vision could even further revamp the franchise. It seems inevitable that Lara will be back for more next time, maybe the whole thing can feel just a smidge more like its own film.” “Lara may have found her way out of this particular tomb raid, but the film’s conclusion is dedicated to laying out what’s to come next, introducing both a brand new big bad villain and callbacks to earlier game incarnations. “The creative team behind ‘Tomb Raider’ seems to bank on just such an assertion, as the final 10 minutes slavishly begs for a sequel,” Erbland penned. IndieWire’s Kate Erbland wrote in her C+ rated review of 2018’s “Tomb Raider” that by the third act, the film felt “more like a videogame than a movie” despite trying to be a “fine enough start” for Vikander as Croft. The sequel film, “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,” premiered in 2003. “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” first debuted in 2001 starring Angelina Jolie. ‘Tomb Raider’ Series in Development from Phoebe Waller-Bridge at Amazon
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