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\"\"<\/a>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life<\/em><\/strong> is a half-baked and poorly made sequel that lacked the fun and thrills of the first film though Angelina Jolie appeared to give it her all, or at least her stunt double did, but the action itself was lackluster outside of the opening action sequence.<\/p>\n

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Adventure
\nParamount | PG13 \u2013 117 min. \u2013 $31.99 | February 27, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/17\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Simon West
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Simon West (adaptation), Patrick Massett & John Zinman (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Music Video
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K, Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French Parisian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Brazilian Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Russian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Castilian Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Latin American Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 2.39
\nDynamic Range: <\/strong>HDR10, Dolby Vision
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English, Cantonese, Mandarin Simplified, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French Canadian, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish
\nCodecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note:\u00a0<\/strong>All screen captures are from the Blu-ray disc.<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Lara Croft (ANGELINA JOLIE) is back in action and faces her most perilous mission: to recover what ancient civilization believed to be the essence of all evil, Pandora\u2019s Box. She must travel the globe, from Greece to Hong Kong to Kenya and beyond to get to the box before it\u2019s found by a maniacal scientist (CIARAN HINDS) whose plan is to use it for mass annihilation. For this adventure, Lara recruits her ex-lover \u2013 Terry Sheridan (GERARD BUTLER) \u2013 a dangerous mercenary who has previously betrayed Lara and their country. She knows he\u2019s the best for the mission, but can she trust him again? Join her as she races against time and save mankind\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life<\/em><\/strong> is a sequel where the original was objectively not very good in its own right, and yet still was entertaining in a popcorn kind of way in conjunction with Angelina Jolie kicking ass and looking gorgeous while doing it. This one has her kicking ass once again, including in an opening sequence which was the best of the entire movie. Unfortunately there was another 100 (or so) minutes to go in what was lackluster and, frankly, quite dull under the direction of Jan de Bont, who is mainly known as a cinematographer on such films as Die Hard<\/em>, Basic Instinct<\/em> and The Hunt for the Red October<\/em>. Here, he just can\u2019t make an exciting action\/adventure despite Jolie\u2019s bad-ass-ness.<\/p>\n

Like the previous entry, The Cradle of Life<\/em><\/strong> gets another recognizable male lead before they made it big, the last time was Daniel Craig sporting a laughable American drawl, thankfully Gerard Butler kept his native Scottish accent so it didn\u2019t come across as strained, the character though seemed to be more of the same, the two being ex-lovers forced to work together to stop the bad guy (played by Ciaran Hinds); though this time there is a twist for the character.<\/p>\n

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In the end, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t dreadful but still pretty bad with perhaps its only saving grace being Angelina Jolie\u2019s vigorous performance in the title character and an opening sequence which was at least watchable and in keeping with the campiness of the first film (Croft gets away riding a frickin\u2019 shark!).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a glossy slip cover<\/strong> and inside a code for the Digital<\/strong> copy.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Director Jan De Bont is rather mundane and not exactly lively.<\/p>\n

Deleted\/Alternate Scenes (11:56; SD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 There were seven scenes that failed to make the cut including an alternate ending. Funny, the very first one they had to blur out one of the actor\u2019s faces, probably didn\u2019t some release form.<\/p>\n

* Dropped from the original Blu-ray was an optional commentary with Jan De Bont.<\/p>\n

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