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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

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  • 14A14A
  • 1h 57m
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Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
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Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
138K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,149
1,320
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    • Director
      • Jan de Bont
    • Writers
      • Dean Georgaris(screenplay)
      • Steven E. de Souza(story)
      • James V. Hart(story)
    • Stars
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Gerard Butler
      • Chris Barrie
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jan de Bont
    • Writers
      • Dean Georgaris(screenplay)
      • Steven E. de Souza(story)
      • James V. Hart(story)
    • Stars
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Gerard Butler
      • Chris Barrie
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 343User reviews
    • 165Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Angelina Jolie
    Angelina Jolie
    • Lara Croft
    Gerard Butler
    Gerard Butler
    • Terry Sheridan
    Chris Barrie
    Chris Barrie
    • Hillary
    • (as Christopher Barrie)
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Jonathan Reiss
    Noah Taylor
    Noah Taylor
    • Bryce
    Djimon Hounsou
    Djimon Hounsou
    • Kosa
    Til Schweiger
    Til Schweiger
    • Sean
    Simon Yam
    Simon Yam
    • Chen Lo
    Terence Yin
    Terence Yin
    • Xien
    Daniel Caltagirone
    Daniel Caltagirone
    • Nicholas Petraki
    Fabiano Martell
    Fabiano Martell
    • Jimmy Petraki
    Jonny Coyne
    Jonny Coyne
    • Gus Petraki
    • (as Jonathan Coyne)
    Robert Cavanah
    Robert Cavanah
    • MI6 Agent Stevens
    Ronan Vibert
    Ronan Vibert
    • MI6 Agent Calloway
    Lenny Juma
    • Village Leader
    Raymond Ofula
    • Village Leader
    • (as Raymond Offula)
    Hezron Ajuala
    • Village Leader
    Alfred Kalipso
    • Tribesman
    • Director
      • Jan de Bont
    • Writers
      • Dean Georgaris(screenplay)
      • Steven E. de Souza(story)
      • James V. Hart(story)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Angelina Jolie had to wear bra padding, in order for her bust size to measure up to the videogame character. Jolie wears considerably less (and possibly no) padding in this film, as the decision was made to give Lara more realistic dimensions.
    • Goofs
      When in Hong Kong, Lara tells Bryce to call Kosa and have him pick her up north of his village. However, Bryce is immediately taken hostage by Jonathan from the trailer, and would not have been able to call Kosa. Yet he still arrives to pick her up in the Jeep.
    • Quotes

      [Deciding who should jump off first]

      Terry Sheridan: Right, you go first.

      Lara Croft: No, you go first.

      [Thugs shoot at them]

      Lara Croft: I'll go first.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening logos for Paramount and Mutual Films are projected onto water.
    • Connections
      Edited into Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Did My Time
      Written and Performed by Korn
      Produced by Korn and Jonathan Davis
      Additional production by Frank Filipetti
      Korn performs courtesy of Epic Records

    User reviews343

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    Craptacular
    Craptacular is the one and only word to describe this piece of trash movie. I never knew I could hate a film so much, until I saw Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

    After the medicore, but entertaining first Lara Croft movie, comes this just-plain-crap and boring sequel. Half the time during this movie, I found myself staring away from the screen, wondering about other things - it was just totally uninteresting.

    A plot you ask? Well, a plot is very non-existant here, save for a recycled story from the first movie. Lara Croft must find the much desired Pandora's Box, along the way teaming up with her old friend, Terry (an incredibly bland Gerard Butler). Sound familiar? It should - we've seen it before.

    Bad action scenes, trashy dialogue and enormous plot holes make up 117 minutes of this movie. Was it really that long? It seemed like a lifetime.

    Not even the usually fantastic Angelina Jolie can save this film. Avoid at great risk - (* out of ****).
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    • glennz20
    • Oct 10, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 25, 2003 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Japan
      • United Kingdom
      • Hong Kong
    • Official site
      • Paramount
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
      • Swahili
      • Greek
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Lara Croft - Tomb Raider: Le berceau de la vie
    • Filming locations
      • Santorini, Greece
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Mutual Film Company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $95,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $65,660,196
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $21,783,641
      • Jul 27, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $160,099,222
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1
      • 2.35 : 1

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