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Action around the World
Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) returns in another action packed adventure. The action starts off in Santorini, Greece, where a lost city is discovered submerged under the sea. Lara gets her hands on a orb which will lead to the discovery of Pandora's Box. She is attacked by a Chinese group called the Shay Ling and loses the precious Orb. The Orb is a shining globe which when decoded will show the map of where Pandora's Box is hidden. Lara is enlisted by M16 to snatch back the Orb before it falls int o the wrong hands of the enemy who is intent on unleashing the evils withing Pandor'a Box. The adventure continues across the continents to China and then Africa.

I enjoyed the first film but felt that this particular film lacked the excitment of the first. Angelina does a good jobn with her English accent. Some of the "horror" scenes particularly through the jungle of woods in Africa were laughable and unbelievable but this is a fantasy film. Watch this film if you have nothing better to do.

Lealing

Jolie- fest 2
A lightweight storyline here and really just a Angelina Jolie viewing film. Still she looks good in that silver body suit. And the movie isn't all that bad either.
Could have been better if a more solid storyline was given funds.

LCTR The Cradle of Life - An enormously entertaining film!
While most seem to be either a real big fan of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies or someone who despises them, I'll take up the role of a big fan. Just as in the first movie, Angelina Jolie's rendition of Lara Croft is absolutely wonderful. This second film, in what is undoubtedly going to be many, is another great action flick that is enjoyable entertainment from the beginning to the end.

While I only have a vague, passing familiarity with the video games, I can say, without a doubt, that this and the first movie make an enormously enjoyable leap from the pc screen to the silver screen.

Angelina Jolie's performance as Lara Croft, to include her impeccable British accent, is nothing less than stunning. I find it absolutely wonderful to see such a beautiful and agile actress take on the "James Bond" type role and handle it with such seeming ease. While these films won't win her any Oscars, they will indelibly mark her among the tops in action film stars. Gerard Butler's performance as Terry Sheridan makes another great performance by him after his leading role in "Attila."

Director, Jan de Bont deserves a great amount of praise for his direction of this box office smash, something of which he's quite familiar with having other directing credits to include "Speed" and "Twister." The score for this film greatly enhances the entire theatrical experience of the film.

The Premise:

Tomb Raider, Lara Croft finds herself on another mission to the save the world as she discovers an orb, which is the map to the Pandora's Box. Unfortunately for her, another tomb raider shows up when she discovers it and steals it from her, nearly killing her in the process. This other tomb raider happens to be working for Dr. Jonathan Reiss (Ciaran Hinds) who happens to be the worlds leading manufacturer of biological weapons.

Lara is soon visited by the British secret service, MI-6 and she finds herself on a mission to save the world, sanctioned by the Queen herself. All she needs now is a little help from an old "friend" in Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler), who happens to be a former SAS Major, turned mercenary and who is now stuck in a Russian prison. The British government agrees to secure his freedom to help her.

What follows from there is nothing less than another outstanding Lara Croft Tomb Raider action film that is highly enjoyable and I most certainly look forward to future endeavors in this film series. {ssintrepid}

Special Features:

- Commentary by director Jan de Bont
- Deleted/Alternate scenes
- Featurettes:
*Training
*Vehicles and Weapons
*Stunts
*Visual Effects
*Scoring
- Gerard Butler's Screen Test
-Music Videos:
*Korn "Did My Time"
*The Davey Brothers "Heart Go Faster"
-Original Theatrical Web Site Archive

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