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Lara Croft Two Pack (Tomb Raider/The Cradle of Life) - Widescreen | 
| Directors: Jan De Bont, Simon West
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Chris Barrie, Ciaran Hinds, Noah Taylor
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 23119
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 217 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.2
MPN: PARD050704D
ISBN: 0792195787
UPC: 097360507041
EAN: 9780792195788
ASIN: B0000CABEI
Theatrical Release Date: July 25, 2003
Release Date: November 18, 2003
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/13/2007
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Like the video game series it's based on, Tomb Raider is best enjoyed for its physical strategies, since even casual scrutiny of story details will induce a headache. It's more concerned with puzzles than plot, populated with characters that don't have personalities so much as attitudes. It's silly and somber at the same time, but as a franchise vehicle for Angelina Jolie in the title role of relic hunter Lara Croft, this is packaged entertainment at its most agreeable, ambitious in scope and scale, and filled with the kind of globetrotting adventure that could make Jolie the best thing that's happened to action movies since Indiana Jones. Could being the operative word here, because Tomb Raider can't match any of Steven Spielberg's celebrated joyrides, but the ingredients are there for an exquisitely cinematic meal. Perhaps to distance himself from Lara Croft's video game origins, director Simon West takes things a bit too seriously; Tomb Raider handles its plot (involving a planetary alignment, the nefarious Illuminati, and coveted relics that hold the key to controlling the flow of time) with all the gravity of a championship chess match... minus the tension. If the movie had lightened up and been truly suspenseful (instead of being suffused with been-there, done-that familiarity), it would have been an instant popcorn classic. As it is, however, this is an elegantly mounted adventure featuring exotic locations (in Cambodia and Iceland) and an exotic star born for her role. Even without her padded bra, Jolie would be the living embodiment of Lara Croft, and that's enough to bode well for inevitable sequels.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
This sequel is certainly better than its 2001 predecessor, but its appeal is mostly aimed at fans of the video games that inspired both movies. That pretty much leaves you with some fun but familiar action sequences, and the ever-alluring sight of Angelina Jolie (reprising her title role) as she swims, swings, kicks, shoots, flies, jet-skis, motorcycles, and free-falls her way toward saving the world, this time by making sure that a grimacing villain (Ciaran Hinds) doesn't open Pandora's Box (yes, the actual mythological object) and unleash a deadly plague that will "weed out" the global population. Exotic locations add to Jolie's own coolly erotic appeal, but we're left wondering if this franchise has anywhere else to go. --Jeff Shannon
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OUTRAGEOUSLY ENTERTAINING FUN! 8.75 OUT OF 10 April 26, 2009
ACEMAN1 (Ripon, California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Are you bummed that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a failure (I sure am, I'm still pissed about it)? Have you already watched The Mummy trilogy a dozen times over? Then this package is sure to give you a very nice fix when it comes to adventure films. Pull out the popcorn and soda, because these films are both kickass thrill rides of non-stop action.
TOMB RAIDER: SCORE: 9
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: The story focuses on a woman named Lara Croft (played by the sexy Angelina Jolie) who is an a rich archaeologist armed to the teeth and has great acrobatic skills as well. During a dream, she discovers there is a hidden compartment in her staircase with a box that her deceased father left for her to find. She then finds a mythical item called the Triangle of Life. When she begins to learn more details about it, someone else does as well, and her mansion is attacked and the item is stolen. Now she must take a dangerous journey to recover the item and prevent the thieves from using it in all the wrong ways.
MUSIC: The music has a nice adventure theme to it, and it's a great film for something like this.
ACTION: This film contains ludicrous, yet absolutely awesome action scenes with people and strange monsters. This film is explosive and is loaded with shootouts and even puzzle-solving like the game franchise. This film has many awesome action scenes, and it's hard to not have a good time watching this film.
ACTING: The actors seemed to know what they were doing, and I didn't have any problems with their acting.
OVERALL: A very good film that is ridiculously awesome. This is the closest you will ever get to a true modern-day Indiana Jones film (Let's try to pretend the fourth one didn't happen, okay?).
THE GOOD: Non-stop action, Angelina Jolie, cool shootout scenes with monsters, the puzzle-solving, the interesting storyline, and the great music.
THE BAD: It's slow in the beginning, and some of the action scenes are a little over the top.
TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE: SCORE: 8.5
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: During a dive in Italy, Lara Croft discovers a hidden area underwater from a civilization that was swallowed up by the sea many centuries previously. Then she finds clues that will lead to the most dangerous treasure yet; Pandora's Box. Like in the previous film, she has another group out to get it as well, and now she (along with a male partner) must travel to world and get to Pandora's Box before the other group does.
MUSIC: This music is pretty much just as good as the previous film's. It fits the adventure theme nicely.
ACTION: Like the first film, this one is loaded with crazy action sequences. This time they're even crazier than the previous film and it's filled with even more shootouts, and this film is more violent than the previous film.
ACTING: This film's acting is not quite as good as the first film, but it's still good.
OVERALL: Not as good as the first film, but it's still a really fun time.
THE GOOD: The action scenes, Angelina Jolie, the music, and the storyline.
THE BAD: Sometimes the action scenes are a little too crazy, this time the film's slower than the first one.
 Not as bad as their reputation, not as good as they could be December 28, 2007
Trevor Willsmer (London, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is one of those films that really doesn't live down to its reputation as one of the worst blockbusters of recent years. True it does boast the usually reliable Daniel Craig's worst performance and least convincing accent, but approached without any expectations as an undemanding action movie it fills the spot between better films even if Stuart Baird's slick uncredited editing can't entirely hide the fact that Angeline Jolie is very obviously doubled by a man in some stunts.
Conventional wisdom has it that the original was so bad it put the audience off the sequel, but the genuinely dull Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life manages to do a perfectly good job of putting off audiences on its own. To call the plot derivative is far too kind: it might as well be called Raiders of the Lost Orb so closely does it follow the Lucasberger's plot arc (pun intended), but it's unforgivably action-lite, with Jan de Bont botching most of the few setpieces it does have. Jolie gives the picture more than it deserves but she can't compensate for Gerard Butler, who goes beyond his usual enthusiastically bland performance to deliver an enthusiastically gormless one, or the industrial strength bad acting from Ciaran Hinds, whose bland villain leaves the heavy duty emoting to his double-chin, while Simon Yam shows once again that it takes Johnny To's direction to get the best out of him. Nice title sequence but not much else going for it.
 Girl Power!! November 18, 2007
Michelle Polk (Mississippi, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yeah! Girls can kick butt too! Lara Croft dishes out a lot of action. Tomb Raider brings closure to Lara about her father's death. Cradle of Life leads Lara to come to terms with what power can do to people if it is in the wrong hands. Both films are exciting action films. The content is more for older audience and not so much for younger children.
Laura Croft June 12, 2007
Joe D. Harris (Carlsbad, NM)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am really hoping that this becomes, at least a Trilogy or more!
Crost Better without Jolie! February 5, 2006
C. A. Flann (Marquette, MI)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I know nothing about the video games related to this movie, so I am viewing it strictly as a movie fan - and a fan of Gerry Butler. What a dissappointment Angelina Jolie was! Where were the director and the screenwriter on this one? They sure missed the mark with the potential chemistry between these two people! It is hard to believe they ever could have been in love at one time, let alone that someone who comes across as passionate on the screen as Gerry Butler did, could EVER have loved a character as wooden and stiff as Jolie's potrayal of Croft. What a shame. I think they were so interested in making this a vehilce for the marginally talented Jolie, that they forget all about the entertainment factor! Special effect and stunts aren't all people want to see in a movie. To sacrifice such natual, potential chemistry in favor of making a video game movie, completely stuns me. Jolie's acting is in a word - terrible. If you want to see a good performance, buy the two-disc set and view Gerry Butler's screen test in the special features section. I think some of the dialogue was his ad lib (which was better than the dialogue in the movie!) and that scene is steamy and gets to the heart of the subplot that was the obvious motive for Terry Sheridan tagging along in the first place - and that's all they let him do - tag along! Croft states she needs Terry Sheridan and then proceeds to treat him like a bad child. What a shame! It would have been a much better flick if they would have let the two actors and characters play off of each other more and let Gerry Butler do what he does better than just about any male actor his age out there - act. The three stars are for his performance, by the way. Angelina Jolie was great in Gia years ago. What has happened to her?
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