Tomb Raider

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Tomb Raider

PG-13,

2018,

1h 58m,

Adventure/

Action/

Fantasy

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Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished years earlier. Hoping to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance, Croft embarks on a perilous journey to his last-known destination -- a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. The stakes couldn't be higher as Lara must rely on her sharp mind, blind faith and stubborn spirit to venture into the unknown.

Critics Consensus

Tomb Raider reboots the franchise with a more grounded approach and a star who's clearly more than up to the task -- neither of which are well served by an uninspired origin story.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Mar 5, 2020

Roar Uthaug (The Wave) directed; his work feels derivative of Steven Spielberg's first two Indiana Jones movies, though not half as entertaining.

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

Aug 27, 2018

2.5/4

If you're coming to Tomb Raider, you're not coming for the common sense. You're coming for the action sequences. Luckily, Vikander kills in every segment she's in.

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

Mar 29, 2018

But there's little [Roar Uthaug] can do with Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons's script (derived largely from the "third era" of the video game), which functions like a treasure map without resonance or mystery.

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Dominic Preston

Tech Advisor

Aug 21, 2026

3.5/5

Tomb Raider hardly proves that videogame movies can stand up there with cinema’s finest, but it is an engaging, exciting film that sets Vikander up well as an action star if she wants to be one.

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David Gonzalez

The Cinematic Reel

Jan 31, 2023

2.5/4

Tomb Raider is a step in a the right direction for a genre desperately needing a turn-in critical performance. While nothing to boast about with 34 films in the genre thus far, the 50 percent rating on rotten tomatoes moves the needle up.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 27, 2022

4/5

A fun and often times thrilling action-adventure with a strong, believable female protagonist .

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Finn P

Apr 28, 2019

Better than average. Appreciated their effort to portray a character who's a little more realistically-vulnerable (and thus a little more relatable).

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Abraham S

Apr 21, 2019

While it has a cliched, commonly-used story in many origins, Vikander's Tomb Raider tells an awesome action-packed tale. Too bad they decided not to bring the iconic physical properties of the game's Lara Croft into the movie.

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Hagrid R

Apr 20, 2019

A forgettable attempt to recreate the most famous video game woman heroe. Prequels are by essence unnecessary, and this one fits just right in that category.

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Albus W

Apr 18, 2019

Mediocre. Poor story development.

Harry W

Apr 13, 2019

At least we don't have to put up with Jolie's horrendous acting.

Albus S

Apr 10, 2019

What an unnecessary film. I really had hopes for this one. I love Goggins and West (The Shield x The Wire!) and think Alicia is great casting. Too bad the paper thin plot does little with it's talent pool. There is a real lack of compelling character work for Laura. I think a key issue is her father being her motivation then her ally. Once Lara reaches the breaking point where she must kill to survive, moments after that intense scene she runs into her father. I really felt we needed more time for Lara to process the impact of that fight. We never got that. We go from that to Lara and her father trying to stop the bland villain, which all leads to a predictable finish. Then we get teased with a sequel that will never happen. I dig this year zero Lara story from the video game reboot. But lets get to her being a kick ass female answer to Indiana Jones.

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Roar Uthaug

Director

Alicia Vikander

Lara Croft

Dominic West

Richard Croft

Walton Goggins

Mathias Vogel

Daniel Wu

Lu Ren

Kristin Scott Thomas

Ana Miller

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Synopsis

Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished years earlier. Hoping to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance, Croft embarks on a perilous journey to his last-known destination -- a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. The stakes couldn't be higher as Lara must rely on her sharp mind, blind faith and stubborn spirit to venture into the unknown.

Director: Roar Uthaug
Producer: Graham King
Screenwriter: Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Alastair Siddons
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Square Enix, Warner Bros., MGM, GK Films
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Violence|Action|Some Language)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 29, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.3M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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