Tomb Raider Film Review

Finished watching Tomb Raider, directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dominic West and Derek Jacobi. The film opens with Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) training at a mixed martial arts club before heading to work as a courier where she gets into a race with her colleagues which leads to Lara being arrested when she hits a police car. At the station the business partner of Lara’s father, Ana Miller (Kristin Scott Thomas) bail’s her out as the conversation turns to the estate that her father, Richard Croft (Dominic West) as he’s been presumed dead for years and Lara needs to sign some papers for his estate to be sorted out. While about to sign the papers to declare that her father is legally dead she is given an item from one of Richard’s associates (Derek Jacobi), which leads to Lara fining a secret room belonging to her father which leads to pick up from where her father left off on his many archeological adventures in hope to retrace her father’s steps which takes her to the island of Yamatai. Overall this was a good film as it brings some good characters interactions that helps to enforce each character’s role within the film and to each other with the way they effect the story. The film also does a good job in building Lara Croft as a character before going on an adventure which helps to make the film more personal for Lara and waiting for the action set pieces worthwhile. Additionally there is a nice amount of tension with the action scenes and the time the film takes place on the island of Yamatai with parts feeling unpredictable in what will face the character next. 7/10.