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Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 164
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 125

Though the sequel is an improvement over the first movie, it's still lacking in thrills.

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 29

Though the sequel is an improvement over the first movie, it's still lacking in thrills.

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This sequel to the 2001 hit video-game adaptation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider finds Jan de Bont stepping in for director Simon West, helming his first feature since 1999's The Haunting. From a script by first-time scribe Dean Georgaris, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life finds Angelina Jolie once again portraying the titular curvaceous adventurer. But where the first film saw Croft in a race against the Illuminati to acquire an elusive relic that offers control over life and death, this

PG-13, 1 hr. 58 min.

Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Jan de Bont

Written By: Dean Georgaris

In Theaters: Jul 21, 2003 Wide

On DVD: Nov 18, 2003

Box Office:$65.6M

Paramount Pictures

The less welcome news is that most of the same shortcomings that cramped the first installment are still dogging the sequel, which delivers on action but dawdles through downtime.

April 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety

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David Rooney

Variety

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This Indiana Jones knockoff goes down smoothly enough, and Jolie isn't bad at all.

April 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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Scenery can't save this blindingly dull sequel.

July 31, 2003 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

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Jolie remains more magazine cover than actress (or movie star), and the franchise she supports is more Nintendo after-school time killer than rousing adventure cycle.

July 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

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Silly, cheesy and tacky.

July 28, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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A highly enjoyable summer thrill ride.

July 26, 2003 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

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Better than the first, but not by much.

December 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

It's all a confection, but the plot is tight, Jolie is hot, and I'll probably see the next one, too.

January 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Baltimore City Paper

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Blake DePastino

Baltimore City Paper

It's clunky, lifeless, murky, and worst of all incredibly boring.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Jan de Bont's direction is also disappointing, and while Angelina Jolie continues to be an eye catching female superhero, she will only do it for the most undemanding audiences this time.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

Jan De Bont seems to have lost the ability to intelligently direct an action scene.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

Curiously fun-free, drab and ho-hum.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

The tepidly anticipated return of the videogame vixen belly-flopped on its US release, and it did so with a splat that could drown out several summer blockbusters' worth of car-crunch and detonations.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

If you're a fan of hers you'll be able to find some enjoyment in this movie, but not as much as she seems to be having while making them.

September 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

It seems the refreshing originality that breathed life into the first film is still trying to catch its breath.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com

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Jason Zingale

Bullz-Eye.com

Better than its predecessor--and, yes, that's every bit the backhanded compliment it sounds like.

January 3, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

... true to the look and spirit of the game and ... more fun than watching someone else play 'Tomb Raider,' which was the bane of the first Lara Croft installment.

September 20, 2004 Comment

Mark Collette

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

The new Lara Croft has no reason to exist except that the first one made money.

January 2, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

There remains the essential truth (and Tomb Raider 2's fiscal failure speaks to this) that even without analysis, there needs to be some meat on the bone.

December 15, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

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Not as good as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider due to a lack of thrills and action sequences. At least the first one was capable of this and sticking even marginally to the video game's concept of Lara raiding tombs a bit more often. So I feel gamers will feel dissapointed. But I as a film-goer enjoyed it because of witty,

December 12, 2011

Directors Cat

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Semi average sequel to Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider The Cradle Of Life is a slight step down the first, but manages to be entertaining despite the the lack of a really exciting story. I personally felt that the first was better, and this sequel feels like it was rushed to appeal to fans of the first one.

April 10, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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