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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider [HD DVD] HD DVD

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: Paramount Home Entertainment :: Released: 2006-07-25


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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider [HD DVD] Summary Lady Lara Croft (angelina Jolie) Travels To Exotic And Dangerous Locales In Search Of Tombs And Relics Of Lost Civilizations. As The First Interplanetary Alignment In 5000 Years Approaches, Lara Croft Faces Her Greatest Challenge. Her Mission Is To Recover Two Halves Of An Ancient Metallic Triangle Hidden In Underground Chambers In Cambodia And Siberia. With The Guidance Of Letters Written By Her Late Father, Lord Croft (jon Voight), Lara Sets Out To Recover The Artifact Which Grants Its Holder The Power To Rule Time. Along The Way She Faces Dangerous Opposition From Of Manfred Powell (iain Glen), An Agent In The Employ Of The Illuminata, A Sinister Secret Society Determined Top Possess The Artifact At Any Cost. And Not Even Bryce (noah Taylor), Lara's Erstwhile Electronics Assistant Can Help When The Ancient Forces Are Unleashed.

Like the video game series it's based on, Tomb Raider is best enjoyed for its physical strategies, since even casual scrutiny of story details will induce a headache. It's more concerned with puzzles than plot, populated with characters that don't have personalities so much as attitudes. It's silly and somber at the same time, but as a franchise vehicle for Angelina Jolie in the title role of relic hunter Lara Croft, this is packaged entertainment at its most agreeable, ambitious in scope and scale, and filled with the kind of globetrotting adventure that could make Jolie the best thing that's happened to action movies since Indiana Jones. Could being the operative word here, because Tomb Raider can't match any of Steven Spielberg's celebrated joyrides, but the ingredients are there for an exquisitely cinematic meal.

Perhaps to distance himself from Lara Croft's video game origins, director Simon West takes things a bit too seriously; Tomb Raider handles its plot (involving a planetary alignment, the nefarious Illuminati, and coveted relics that hold the key to controlling the flow of time) with all the gravity of a championship chess match... minus the tension. If the movie had lightened up and been truly suspenseful (instead of being suffused with been-there, done-that familiarity), it would have been an instant popcorn classic. As it is, however, this is an elegantly mounted adventure featuring exotic locations (in Cambodia and Iceland) and an exotic star born for her role. Even without her padded bra, Jolie would be the living embodiment of Lara Croft, and that's enough to bode well for inevitable sequels. --Jeff Shannon

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider [HD] HD-DVD Techincal Details Cast: Angelina Jolie, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig
Director: Simon West
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 100 mins
UPC: 097360703948
Binding: HD DVD
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2006-07-25
Region Code: 0
Specs: Anamorphic, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
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