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Tomb Raider, based on the largely popular video game, comes with
very less substance, loads of action and sustains audience interest
for brief periods of time. On a pure entertainment level Tomb Raider
is a success as it is entertaining to watch some of the action sequences
but lacked that 'something' to have made it a great Summer action
film. If you are into gaming and like action this is for you, for
just one time.
The
story goes like this. There are two hidden halves on separate sides
of the globe which when united form the "Triangle of Light".
The possessor of Triangle of Light would have the power to go back
and forward in time, in short the powers of God. The trcik however
is to reunite the two pieces just in time when once in a 5000 years
planetary alignment occurs. As usual there are bad elements in the
film: a group called Illuminati and they hire Manfred Powell (Iain
Glen) to acquire the two pieces and do the triangle uniting. And
now the Lara connection. Laras dad Lord Croft (played by her real
father Jon Voight) has the mechanism to unite the triangle and leaves
all the knowledge to Lara via a written note. Remember he is dead
when Lara is a child. It is amusing to see Lara receiving a letter
from her dad giving hints to the place he has kept the secret written
in a note. Lara also finds a clock suddenly ticking backwards, as
if to indicate a countdown and lo ... she finds the ancient key
to open all secrets leading to the two pieces of the triangle.
Wearing
tight tops and short shorts, Lara Croft starts off in search of
the two pieces and so does the Illuminati via Manfred Powell. The
rest follows. The plates changing hands, Lara helping Illuminati
find the other plate with the knowledge given by her father, etc
etc and in the end Lara destroys the plates as per the instruction
from her father whom she happens to meet when she gets the Traingle
of Light. Not to mention, the bad men are all killed. With the trademark
long braid and weapons strapped to either hip, Jolie certainly looks
much similar to the video game Lara. Coolness personified and always
unfazed, Jolie breezes past her role. If this elaborate film hasn't
been able to do much good for her, we can always hope that a sequel
will give it one more try. Simon West, after a fabulous Con Air,
largely
disappoints.
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