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Lara Croft, the world's most famous video-game heroine, burst onto the big screen in "the most stylish and entertaining action-adventure movie in years!" (Earl Dittman, Wireless Magazines).Exploring lost empires, finding priceless treasures, punishing villains in mortal combat. It's all in a day's work for adventurer Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie). But a secret from her father's (Jon Voight) past is about to lead Lara to her greatest challenge: the Triangle of Light, a legendary artifact with the power to alter space and time. Lara must find the Triangle before it falls into the clutches of the Illuminati, a secret society bent on world domination. To stop the Illuminati, Lara will have to survive a cross-continental chase filled with unimaginable danger. But for the Tomb Raider, danger is the name of the game. With eye-popping action and electrifying thrills, Tomb Raider "will have you screaming, laughing and cheering from beginning to end!" (Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV).
"Ms. Jolie is having the time of her life..." Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times
"Jolie is terrific..." Neil Smith, BBC Film Review
"Angelina Jolie delivers! She's the ultimate superhero!" Sandie Newton, CBS-TV
Editor's Note
Angelina Jolie stars as Lara Croft, a tough, sexy, heavily armed adventurer, in this action film based on the wildly popular video game series of the same name. When mercenaries invade her cavernous, hi-tech mansion and steal an ancient relic, Lara journeys to various international locations, including Cambodia, Italy, and the Arctic Circle, to retrieve the strange object and discover its mysterious properties. As Lara's quest becomes increasingly dangerous, it begins to shed light on the life of her deceased father, Lord Croft (Jon Voight, Jolie's real-life father), and a secretive group known as the Illuminati. Director Simon West's film boasts an energetic techno soundtrack and a charming performance by Jolie, who blasts her way past various monsters, villains, and pitfalls, smirking all the while. (In one of the film's most memorable sequences, she battles dozens of deadly assassins while suspended from a bungee cord in her pajamas.) Perfectly cast as the voluptuous heroine (and sporting a fine British accent), Jolie's commanding presence carries this fast-paced blockbuster, which will appeal to hardcore video game junkies and action movie fans alike.
| Features | Alternate Main Title | | Audio Commentary By Director Simon West | | Audio: English DTS 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Featurettes: Digging Into Tomb Raider, Crafting Lara Croft, The Stunts Of Tomb Raider, The Visual Effects Of Tomb Raider, & Are You Game? | | Interactive Menus | | Music Video: U2's Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix) | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound | | Trailers |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 7/11/2006 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2001 | | Catalog ID: 070394 | | UPC: 00097360703948 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Angelina Jolie | | Daniel Craig | | Iain Glenn | | Jon Voight | | Dallas Puett, et. al. - Editor | | David Allday, et. al. - Art Director | | Graeme Revell - Original Music By | | John Zinman - Screenplay | | Kirk M. Petruccelli - Production Designer | | Lawrence Gordon - Producer | | Patrick Massett - Screenplay | | Peter Menzies, Jr. - Cinematographer | | Sara B. Cooper, et. al. - Based On Story By | | Simon West - Director | | Stuart Baird - Executive Producer |
| Awards |
Nominee (2002) | | | MTV Award, Angelina Jolie, Best Female Performance | | | MTV Award, Angelina Jolie, Best Fight |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"....As adventuress Lara Croft, Angelina Jolie looks good enough kicking ass to make you wish the movie was interactive and not just the video game..." 07/19/2001 p.55New York Times
"...Ms. Jolie is having the time of her life....She may be the first woman to get to deliver an action hero's smirk..." 06/15/2001 p.E16 ReelViews 8 of 10
The film's director is Simon West, who initially balked when offered the project because he was leery of the whole computer game concept. But the screenplay, coupled with his own vision, convinced him that Tomb Raider could break free of the confines of its humble beginnings. West's history behind the camera isn't sterling (previous credits include the made-for-Bruckheimer Con Air, followed by The General's Daughter), but he seems to be the right man for the job. Tomb Raider fans will be salivating over what he has accomplished here. They alone almost guarantee that the movie will be a success. If the film catches on with the general public - and it's loud, wild, and free-wheeling enough that it has the potential to do so - it could be a huge hit. Regardless of its performance at the box office, Tomb Raider is a great way to cure the summer blahs, provided, as always with this kind of film, you short-circuit the thinking parts of your brain. - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
"Lara Croft Tomb Raider" elevates goofiness to an art form. Here is a movie so monumentally silly, yet so wondrous to look at, that only a churl could find fault...Angelina Jolie makes a splendid Lara Croft, although to say she does a good job of playing the heroine of a video game is perhaps not the highest compliment. She looks great, is supple and athletic, doesn't overplay, and takes with great seriousness a plot that would have reduced a lesser woman to giggles. In real life she is a good actress. Lara Croft does not emerge as a person with a personality, and the other actors are also ciphers, but the movie wisely confuses us with a plot so impenetrable that we never think about their personalities at all...Did I enjoy the movie? Yes. Is it up there with the Indiana Jones pictures? No, although its art direction and set design are...Was I filled with suspense? No. Since I had no idea what was going to happen, should happen, shouldn't happen or what it meant if it did happen, I could hardly be expected to care. But did I grin with delight at the absurdity it all? You betcha. - Roger Ebert
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