Tomb Raider

 

Tomb Raider 2018

• Director: Roar Uthaug
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina, Testament of Youth
• Dominic West – Genius, Testament of Youth, Pride, From Time to Time, The Wire, Mona Lisa’s Smile, Chicago, 28 Days, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III
• Walton Goggins – Maze Runner Death Cure, The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, The Miracle at Santa Ana
• Daniel Wu – The Empress
• Kristin Scott Thomas – The Party, My Old Lady, The Invisible Woman, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Contre toi, Elle s’apellait Sarah, Nowhere Boy, The Other Boleyn Girl, Il y’a longtemps que je t’aime, Keeping Mum, Man to Man, Gosford Park, The English Patient, Richard III, Angels and Insects, A Handful of Dust
• Derek Jacobi – Murder on the Orient Express, Last Tango in Halifax, Vicious, Cinderella, My Week with Marilyn, The King’s Speech, Doctor Who, Nanny McPhee, Gladiator, Gosford Park, Hamlet, Dead Again, Henry V, Hamlet, Richard II, I Claudius
• Why? Vikander
• Seen: 12 March 2021.      

       Lara Croft (Vikander) isn’t quite making it as a boxer and she’s not getting rich as a bike courier. She’s still mourning the disappearance of her father (West – he was her father in Testament of Youth too) but refuses to sign the papers to inherit his vast fortune. He disappeared seven years ago searching for the tomb of an ancient Japanese sorceress-empress.

       The London bits are fun and the story is interesting enough but there is an awful lot of running and blasting and fighting. The girl power is entertaining, and a muscular Vikander does a good job. 

3* of 5