Alicia Vikander is a better Lara Croft. The direction, the acting all better than "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider".
I felt compelled to write this review to state the above. The original gets a 5. This gets a 6. Now mind you the first one was entertaining but something about it was mediocre. And not believable. It was entertaining and sexy but not believable.
The video game that started this all, a woman hero who defies all to be an adventurer w/ a purpose. With Ms. Vikander's perfomance and direction, they stick closer to the original character than the first movie.
In doing so, she is more of a badass, and there's a overt sexiness that's more subtle than the first movie. Lara Croft's character is supposed to be an underdog that is going uphill against a lot obstacles. In the first movie, she's a rich girl with a lot of money to throw at those obstacles. In this movie, she uses her cunning, her athleticism, resources, and motivation, with some finances to get her where she needs to go. It's not easy for her; she's not a super-hero; she gets hurt, dirty, falls and gets back up.
And those are the reasons this movie is better than the first.
I felt compelled to write this review to state the above. The original gets a 5. This gets a 6. Now mind you the first one was entertaining but something about it was mediocre. And not believable. It was entertaining and sexy but not believable.
The video game that started this all, a woman hero who defies all to be an adventurer w/ a purpose. With Ms. Vikander's perfomance and direction, they stick closer to the original character than the first movie.
In doing so, she is more of a badass, and there's a overt sexiness that's more subtle than the first movie. Lara Croft's character is supposed to be an underdog that is going uphill against a lot obstacles. In the first movie, she's a rich girl with a lot of money to throw at those obstacles. In this movie, she uses her cunning, her athleticism, resources, and motivation, with some finances to get her where she needs to go. It's not easy for her; she's not a super-hero; she gets hurt, dirty, falls and gets back up.
And those are the reasons this movie is better than the first.