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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

  • 2003
  • 14A
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
142K
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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.

  • Director
    • Jan de Bont
  • Writers
    • Dean Georgaris
    • Steven E. de Souza
    • James V. Hart
  • Stars
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Gerard Butler
    • Chris Barrie
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    142K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jan de Bont
    • Writers
      • Dean Georgaris
      • Steven E. de Souza
      • James V. Hart
    • Stars
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Gerard Butler
      • Chris Barrie
    • 349User reviews
    • 166Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • 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
      • Steven E. de Souza
      • James V. Hart
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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 reviews349

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    Featured review
    7/10
    I enjoyed it for what it was, but not as good as the first.
    This movie was all right, kept me entertained for the most part, but it needed more and less. The story is a bit better this time in parts, but it is also worse in others. I was kind of hoping I would hate this movie as most critics and people seem to, but I enjoyed it so now I suppose I will get private messages from people saying I should hate the movie. Well don't bother writing me please. The movie starts out with a cool underwater temple scene, and this is the highlight of the movie. It is also the only part in the movie that feels like the tomb raider video game. The rest of the movie has some good stuff, but it doesn't feel like tomb raider, more like a spy movie or something. At one point there is a scene with monsters that look like they belong in the Lord of the Ring movies. For what it was worth it was ok, but these monsters were kind of out of place. At least the stone warriors from the first movie have actually appeared in the game. I would also love to see Lara go into an actual tomb for once. Sure the underwater temple was cool, but it was just one room. Like the first one all the tombs here are usually one room. Can't they have here go through a really long tomb with multiple traps and stuff for her to shoot at? Also, I wish she would have used her guns more. I shoot more in five minutes of the video game than she does in this entire movie, and she always loses her weapons too. Not that I don't want to see character development and stuff, but this is a movie based on a game, it should be a bit more action packed than what we get. All in all though it was okay, I enjoyed it, but it just wasn't as good as the first for me.
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    • Aaron1375
    • Jul 29, 2003

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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(Opening scene)
    • 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

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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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