Lara Croft - Tomb Raider [Blu-ray]

Lara Croft - Tomb Raider [Blu-ray]
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Lara Croft - Tomb Raider [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Iain Glen, Jon Voight, Noah Taylor
Director: Simon West
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Writer: Simon West
Writer: John Zinman
Writer: Michael Colleary
Writer: Mike Werb
Writer: Patrick Massett
Writer: Sara B. Cooper
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Product features:

Condition: New
Format: Blu-ray
Color; Dolby; DTS Surround Sound; Subtitled; Widescreen

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Movie Review: Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (Blu-Ray) is great movie
Summary: 5 Stars

this is a really good movie. Angelina Jolie stars as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. This movie brings me back to playing Tomb Raider on playstaion. You cant compare this movie to the video games because it is a different tale. this movie is not the story from one of the many video games and im happy it isnt. whenever the movie industry makees a movie from a game it turns out terrible. This is a fun action packed adventure

Now to the bad part... The Blu Ray isnt worth it because this came out before Blu Ray was made so its not necessary. Of course there is a slight quality difference from the DVD version but its not a major issue. Also it doesnt have all the fancy Blu Ray menus and special features.

all that aside this is a great movie and worth buying in either a Blu Ray or a DVD format

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Summary of Lara Croft - Tomb Raider [Blu-ray]

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

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