Some of his lines are even delivered twice, and they don’t work either time. It relies heavily on several exposition dumps narrated by the missing Lord Richard Croft to start the engine of its story. This is also the place where Tomb Raider starts a slide into mediocrity. The discovery of a puzzle box he left her sends her on a brief point-and-click adventure game, which leads to a mystery, which leads to a globe-trotting adventure to find the near-mythical island he was researching just before his disappearance. Lara is broke because she has refused for seven years to sign papers declaring her missing father (Dominic West) legally dead, and so she has yet to inherit the Croft fortune.
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Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) as a penniless but quick-witted bike courier is endearing and entertaining, and here, on the streets of London, the movie gives us its best action sequence and does its best building of Lara’s character. The movie stumbles right out of the gate, with an awkward exposition dump, but recovers momentarily as we’re introduced to our heroine in her natural urban habitat. And, unfortunately, it doesn’t muster up the energy to be fun enough to make up for its flaws.
Tomb Raider, the 2018 movie - an adaptation of that very game - has the opposite effect, favoring the reproduction of gameplay over story, fumbling its exposition, and dropping one of the Tomb Raider franchise’s core narrative hooks. On several occasions she turned her back towards her attacker or exposed herself in ways that allowed them to kick her, grab her hair or harm her in other ways.Tomb Raider, the 2013 video game, was lauded for revitalizing one of gaming’s biggest names and most venerable franchises, and it did it in part by leaning into the narrative side of the medium, with greater depth and characterization for its lead and a clear and compelling story it wanted to tell with her. When she was on top she sacrificed top control to go for a triangle choke which ended up with him turning the tables. When confronting Mathias she threw her icepick away before attacking him in hand to hand combat, she also used a badly performed shoulderthrow in which she pulled herself in a chokehold. Possibly due to her inexperience Lara made multiple mistakes during her adventure that nearly killed her.Climbing: Lara proved herself able to skillfully scale walls.Survivalist: Lara survived several dangerous situations using her quick wit and athletic abilities.Able to move through the London traffic in high speed chases. Biking: Lara proved herself to be a highly agile and swift bicyclist.Archery: As a child Lara was trained in archery.
She used a rear naked choke, triangle choke and different takedowns. She showed a variety of kicks, punches and grapples during her many fights. Hand to hand combat: Lara is trained in MMA and possibly other martial arts.She was able to take hard falls without any major damage. She demonstrated several feats of strength, speed, agility and durability. Great physical condition: Lara is in excellent shape, displaying a lean and strong frame.Lara Croft is the lead character of the 2018 reboot of the Tomb Raider film series, portrayed by Swedish actress Alicia Vikander.
Maisy De Freitas (7 year old Lara) For Lara Croft in other continuities, see Lara Croft disambiguation page
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