![]() Now obviously I will try to make this a spoiler free review, but this is a hell of a movie to try and unpack without going too specific so I promise I will do my best. With Tomb Raider, while not intricate, still offers a chance to cosplay a badass woman who could be covered in mud and blood and still look good kicking your arse!īut with this movie, we do get to see a really good adaptation of a wonderful game franchise, and we can have hope that more games will get their adaptations very soon! Spyro The Dragon movie anyone? Crash Bandicoot? Hell! if we can get R-rated superhero movies, I’m gonna hold out hope for my Bayonetta movie!ġ1 years in the making, over 20 movies and it finally comes down to this. Lord knows everyone gets a kick out of the cosplayers that do the Lara Croft triangle boob version! Alot of games nowadays, like the movies, have upped their game to bring us such beautiful choices for clothing and style of characters. This is one of the fun parts of cosplaying video game characters, alot of the characters are able to have different clothes and weapons that can give us cosplayers a challenge to make new and exciting cosplays. The cosplay world has seen alot of Lara Crofts and has also seen the different versions and variations that can be found. The clothing and style of Lara Croft is lifted straight from the game and Vikander looks exactly like the game version which I think is brilliant for the movie. Daniel Wu as Lu Ren gives Lara a nice sidekick character to trade jabs and quips with, as well as Walton Goggins who makes a really compelling villian in Mathias Vogel. ![]() The supporting characters also do really well to help prop up this movie. she shows alot of emotion throughout the movie and certain scenes fully give you the sense that even though she is trying to roll with what is being dished out to her, she feels like more of a badass as we get to the final act of the movie and the final scene really nails it in. This movie rested alot on the performance of Alicia Vikander, which I think she does really well. What I really like is that the movie fully acknowledges the game with very nice nods and references to it throughout the movie. What I hope is that if when more sequels are named, that they slowly bring the mystical into the franchise. Where the game fully embraces the mystical and spiritual side of the franchise, this movie is alot more grounded, opting to focus on character and world development. This movie looks to stand on its own and does not go beat for beat with the game, which I think helps give it a good identity. I enjoyed this movie, but I did find that the start of the movie was slow because of the character development that was given to use for Lara and her family unit. But as she ends up on the island, she finds herself facing new perils and new challenges that will push her to her very limits. This movie’s story is adapted from the same story that can be found in the game Rise of the Tomb Raider, where Lara Croft, played by Alicia Vikander, makes her way to a uninhabited island called Yamatai to look into the legend of Himiko, a goddess who reined over the country. The Tomb Raider franchise has already had one stab at the movie business and given us a good outing, but the powers that be have decided to give Tomb Raider another stab, this time though, just like the game series, focusing more on the origin of the character Lara Croft. Eventually she becomes inspired to investigate her father’s disappearance and travels to his last-known location: a tomb on an island somewhere off the coast of Japan.There haven’t been a lot of movies adapted from games, let alone, movies adapted from games that are good. ![]() But this version of Lara comes with a new backstory, and a new motivation for her adventures: seven years after the disappearance of her father, 21-year-old Lara has refused to take the reins of his global business empire, instead working as a bike courier in London while taking college classes. In these first-look images, see Vikander take on the role made famous first in the video-game series and then in the two films starring Angelina Jolie. Instead, for her follow-up, Vikander is going the action-heroine route, donning the iconic tank top and cargo pants of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. It was the latter role that won her the Oscar and could have minted an entire career in thoughtful period dramas. ![]() Alicia Vikander had a major breakout year in 2015, playing both a mysterious (and eventually vengeful) robot in Ex Machina as well as a devoted wife and artist in The Danish Girl. ![]()
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