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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

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Lara Croft is on a quest to save Pandora's box.

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Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss, an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon. Recruited by British Intelligence to get the orb back from Reiss, Lara recruits Terry Sheridan, a British marine turned mercenary (and her former love interest) to help. The two embark on an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to regain the orb... Written by Gavin Nelson

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Rated PG-13 for action violence and some sensuality | See all certifications »

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25 July 2003 (USA)  »

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$95,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$828,217 (Italy) (24 October 2003)

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$65,653,758 (USA) (7 November 2003)
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Much of the background story of this film revolves around Alexander The Great AKA Alexander of Macedonia. Angelina Jolie actually portrays Alexander The Greats mother, Olympias, in Alexander. See more »

Goofs

When Lara goes to the prison where Terry is being held, Kazakhstan is misspelled "Kazahkstan". See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Jimmy Petraki: They found another one. There's going to be no treasure left by the time she gets here.
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References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) See more »

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"Flower Duet (from Lakmé)"
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Quite good, indeed.
24 August 2003 | by (Long Island, NY) – See all my reviews

I thought the movie was nicely paced, and the action was, to say the least, pretty darn good. Granted, the story line could have been "fished" out a bit, Ms. Jolie's action made up for that short fall. Being a huge fan of Mr. Chris Barrie, it was nice to see the character of Hillary have more to do than just clean up after the mansion gets raided. Let's hope the next installment has the same action, fast paced locations and even more realism in the storyline. All in all, The Cradle of Life hits almost all the right notes. Ms. Jolie has done some fine work here.


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