Tomb Raider (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Roar Uthaug (Cold Prey, The Wave)
	Actors: Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), Dominic West (300), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight)
	Country: USA, GB
	Genre: Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 14.07.2018, in-flight entertainment 8" screen
Synopsis: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father disappeared.
Review: I said in my review of the 2001 Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie that this new adaptation of the famous video game could not be any good, but I watched it anyway... To me defense it was playing for free on a very long flight. In general it is not as bad as I could have feared, the movie does try to shine a new light on the female hero especially by having her penniless all along, and her look has been updated to a more realistic less male eye-candy version. Not that Alicia Vikander doesn't look good, but even after watching the movie I still find her physique doesn't match the character. The story is as expected: lost father, ancient artifacts, secret society, travels, exotism... And a lot borrowed from the Indiana Jones movies: the three challenges to pass to reach the goal, really?!?, and the tendency to help the enemy in the end. Even if the movie is watchable, it is just a compilation of pre-digested Hollywood Action (including in-your-face product placement), and I failed to see the touch of director Roar Uthaug whose original Norwegian movies are memorable: Cold Prey, The Wave.
Rating: 3 /10