Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

2001 100 min ★ 5.9 Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As an extremely rare planetary alignment is about to occur for the first time in 5,000 years, the fearless tomb raider will have to team up with rival adventurers and sworn enemies to collect the pieces, while time is running out. But, in the end, who can harness the archaic talisman's unlimited power?

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Cast

Angelina Jolie

Lara Croft

Iain Glen

Manfred Powell

Daniel Craig

Alex West

Noah Taylor

Bryce

Chris Barrie

Hillary

Jon Voight

Lord Richard Croft

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Mr. Pimms

Leslie Phillips

Wilson

Richard Johnson

Distinguished Gentleman

Robert Phillips

Assault Team Leader (Julius)

Details

Director

Simon West

Screenplay

Patrick Massett

Tagline

"Born into Wealth. Groomed by the Elite. Trained for Combat."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$115,000,000

Revenue

$274,703,340

Production

Paramount Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Eidos Films

Reviews

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The Movie Mob

February 11, 2023

★ 7/10

**Lara Croft: Tomb Raider captures the spirit of the games and casts the perfect actress as its lead. It's not a perfect film, but one it's still of the better video game adaptations ever made.** Lara Croft: Tomb Raider had high expectations to overcome with legions of die-hard video game fans wanting to see everything they dreamed of on the big screen. With a perfect lead actress and a directo...

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Andre Gonzales

July 9, 2023

★ 6/10

I thought this was a good movie to bring to life from a video game. Angelina Jolie was the perfect person for this role. It's pretty much like the video game.

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CinemaSerf

January 20, 2025

★ 6/10

Angelina Jolie brings loads of energy and attitude to this action-packed CGI fest. She's the eponymous daughter of a titled archaeologist who lives at (and regularly wrecks) her family's Buckinghamshire manor house. She's at an auction where an ancient gizmo sells for way over the odds. She manages to procure said bejewelled object and next thing her house is being attacked and the piece is stolen...

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BiankaMalburg

April 25, 2026

★ 5/10

**None of this would've happened, if this stupid clock hadn't start tickin'.** If the clock never stared ticking, then Lara would never find it and try to learn more about the clock and the bad guys wouldn't know where the clock is and would never be able to find the pieces of the tiangle and couldn't accomplish what they want to accomplish.