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OK reboot - Tomb Raider review by CP Customer

I enjoyed this reboot of Tomb Raider. I think like others have said the story could of been stronger and the film was a little slow.

yawn - Tomb Raider review by SC

I read some online reviews on this film before renting, they all said this film was better than the original Angelina Jolie movies. I'm afraid I must disagree, at least the Angelina Jolie movies were fun. This is predictable and a bit dull. The characters have no depth or humour the action scenes are nothing new and the story is.. well almost non existant. I recommend watching the originals, or as another reviewer said Jumaji 2. ( Jumaji 1 is even better though)

Why bother, What was the whole point of this? Absolutely awful film! - Tomb Raider review by CS

The original films with Angelina Jolie were brilliantly well made films, full of adventure, excitement, a little bit of humour and just all round well produced, acted, edited & well made films. It’s a shame they never made a third one with Jolie!

However this so called re-boot, allegedly takes Lara back to her origins, to give use a simpler, more stripped down version. The only problem is, Lara comes across as a waste of space, nothing, born into a privileged position, but wasting it all. There is nothing here that takes Lara into heroic status, no sense of purpose, no kick ass super abilities, no gadgets, no sense of humour, in fact no personality at all, in any shape or form!

The story line is yet another re-hash of an old story, badly told, excessively predictable, badly produced, badly directed, sloppily edited and just so completely boring and badly handled! Whilst we are always asked to suspend our sense of belief in such films, this film asks us to simply suspend any common sense at all, some of the scenes are so predictable, that it’s a given that you know what happens next!

The bad guys don’t have any sense of badness, the good guys no sense of goodness, there’s very little in the way of character development here. Often the first ten minutes of a film set the scene and the first half an hour of this film really does set the scene, in a very bad, dull and boring way. And the ending is just as predictable, spelling it out for you and setting the scene for the next instalment, as seems de-rigeur nowadays with such film franchises!

For me this came across as a poor man’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, heavily borrowing bits from other Spielberg movies along the way! This film tries so hard to be tough, hard and gritty, a real feminist movie, but fails on so many levels and just comes across as silly! I just felt like I’d seen it all before, like De Ja Vu!

I’m not quite sure what the purpose of making this film was or what the producers were trying to achieve, but rather than create a re-boot fro which could spawn many more adventures, to my mind what the producers have actually achieved, is simply t kill off the character once and for all!

Not a patch on Angie - Tomb Raider review by RS

Dull, dull, dull, dull. Alicia has none of the sass or sexiness of Angie. Tepid storyline, plodding film, impressive special effects but please - only Angie can be Lara!

Painfully boring - Tomb Raider review by MS

Don't bother. This was incredibly boring with terrible acting. I much preferred the first 2 Tomb Raiders.

Best Tomb Raider Yet - Tomb Raider review by PT

I enjoyed this movie more far than the previous Jolie vehicles, of which I am a fan. Alicia Vikander is a wonderful Lara Croft, young, headstrong, elegant, but simultaneously a bad ass. I thought Vikander breathed great personality into which became a loveable character.

The special effects were great, especially the plane on the precipice which Lara has to negotiate. Also the stunt riding when Lara is a human fox is beautifully filmed.

Looking forward to more from the new Miss Croft.

All news to me! - Tomb Raider review by HM

Haven't played the games or seen Jolie version. So, this is all new to me; I enjoyed it, not least the scenes set in London and the way the character was set up. Basically the whole scenario is a rip-off of the Raiders of the Lost Ark series and plonked into a video game and then coming full circle into a movie.

I suppose the genre is a bit tired now (Raiders was a long time ago), but Alicia puts convincing life into the character so you are rooting for her from the word go. Good entertaining hokum, a popcorn and beers movie. Sound in Atmos on my home theatre was excellent (not got Atmos? Do so!) which enhanced the experience enormously. Looking forward to more Alicia in this role (liked the hint of vulnerability she brought to the part too).