{"id":28319,"date":"2018-06-21T22:43:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T02:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=28319"},"modified":"2018-06-21T22:45:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T02:45:59","slug":"tomb-raider-2018-blu-ray-dvd-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/tomb-raider-2018-blu-ray-dvd-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb Raider (2018) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m usually very rough on video game inspired movies because\u2014well\u2014pretty much all<\/em><\/strong> of them suck. Save for \u201cMortal Kombat,\u201d which is kind of fun if you\u2019re in the right mood. After two goofy attempts to adapt the iconic adventure video game series \u201cTomb Raider\u201d to the big screen, Warner reboots the movie series by\u2014adapting the reboot<\/em><\/strong> of the video game from 2013. While I\u2019d be hard pressed to call Roar Uthaug\u2019s cinematic take on Lara Croft a masterpiece, I had a really good time with \u201cTomb Raider,\u201d and that\u2019s all I wanted in the end.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTomb Raider\u201d is a virtual reboot and prequel, where we meet a new Croft who has abandoned her family fortune in favor of living life on the streets and working as a bike courier. After her dad passes away, he leaves behind a mystery for her to solve, involving an ancient temple and a mythical queen said to spread death where ever she goes. After venturing out to find her dad, she\u2019s taken hostage by Mathias Vogel, a deadly explorer who also wants what\u2019s in the temple. A lot of \u201cTomb Raider\u201d involves Croft basically surviving by the skin of her teeth, and Vikander\u2019s performance is dazzling. It\u2019s taken a lot to think of Lara Croft as anything other than an Indiana Jones wannabe, but Vikander sets her interpretation apart, with a Croft who has to improvise where ever she is, and bears an underlying sense of brilliance that she begins to realize once she\u2019s pushed in to a corner.<\/p>\n

Vikander is very good as Croft, presenting a less sexualized take from predecessor Angelina Jolie. This Croft gets down and dirty quite often and thinks on her toes so much, you\u2019ll be rooting for her by the mid-way point. \u201cTomb Raider\u201d is Vikander\u2019s show with some darn fun action sequences, great CGI, and some sharp martial arts choreography, to boot. I enjoyed Walton Goggins in the film as a simple enough villain with a simple motivation, anxiously trying to raid the tomb for the film\u2019s macguffin. And he will do whatever it takes, even committing cold blooded murder. There are also some fine supporting performances by Dominic West, and Daniel Wu. \u201cTomb Raider\u201d is the epitome of a popcorn action movie. It feels like a classic movie serial, reboots the universe of Lara Croft with a grittier down to Earth to flavor, and some exciting set pieces.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say \u201cTomb Raider\u201d isn\u2019t flawed, as I found the mid-way discovery of Lara to be a real reach in logic, not to mention the mid-credits scene was not only cheesy, but painfully predictable. I also wish Daniel Wu\u2019s character had more to do in the movie, overall. That said, some people loved the inherent silliness of the Angeline Jolie films, but I\u2019m glad that most of the camp is stripped away in favor of a darker, grittier and much more riveting adventure film. I had a good time with \u201cTomb Raider,\u201d and I hope we can see a follow up in the same vein very soon.<\/p>\n

There surprisingly isn\u2019t very much material here for fans to chew on with this release. Maybe the 4K release has much more? There\u2019s at least a Digital copy, and a DVD copy for folks that still own DVD players. As for extras, \u201cTomb Raider: Uncovered\u201d is a seven minute stock EPK with interviews and soundbites from the cast and crew, and how this movie is tied to the 2013 video game. \u201cCroft Training\u201d is a basic six minute look at how Alicia Vikander got in shape for Lara Croft. \u201cBreaking Down the Rapids\u201d is a five minute look at the epic river rapids sequence, and finally \u201cLara Croft: Evolution of an Icon\u201d is a nearly ten minute look at the legacy of games that spawned the film, and the origins of Lara Croft, the video game icon.<\/p>\n