![]() An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, the film is a sequel to the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb. The viewer desperately thinks, “Let it go!” but of course, she doesn’t. Angelina Jolie stars as the titular character Lara Croft with supporting performances from Gerard Butler, Ciarn Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger, Djimon Hounsou and Simon Yam. ![]() There, the crew boards dogsleds and ventures into the mist-presumably Croft’s mysterious father lives in some boondocks ice palace like Elsa. Lara obviously does not heed the girl’s warnings and jumps onto a boat/car thing that zooms through the icy water onto a glacier. Archaeologist Lara Croft of computer-game fame battles human foes, the ferocity of nature, and ancient curses and booby-traps as she pursues a priceless. The heroine of one of the biggest video games from the 1990s is once again getting the movie treatment, this time from heavyweight producer. Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the 'Lara Croft' blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. There, a fur-clad wise child warns our buxom heroine not to seek “him” out-“him” being Croft’s father. The scene is identified as taking place in Siberia-which it is obviously not-where there is a tiny town full of tipis (or “chum,” as Wikipedia says they are called) and other kitschy “indigenous” objects. The movie is pretty bad, but it does have nice aesthetics, potentially because director Simon West filmed a three-minute sequence at the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in southeastern Iceland. Yes, that year saw the release of ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’ or, as we call it at the Grapevine, ‘Hooters: Indiana Jones Edition’. ![]() 2001 was a memorable time for those who wanted to see Angelina Jolie run in slow motion.
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