In Last Crusade, the tasks include a “leap of faith” across a seemingly invisible chasm in Tomb Raider, the chasm is real and can only be traversed across a rickety ladder. The similarities stretch to the climax, when Lara and her father must (along with Goggins’ baddie) go through a series of tasks to reach the tomb of the death queen. Both feature the father and child working against a cruel and selfish villain. ![]() Both movies eventually reveal that the hero’s father is still very much alive. Both films are about adventurers on a quest to find the father they presume is missing, if not dead. The premise of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is keenly felt in Tomb Raider. To wit, the pic often feels like the answer to the question, “What if Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was about a woman and her father, and didn’t have a sense of humor?” But perhaps the biggest problem with Tomb Raider is how obvious its inspirations are. By the end of the film, she has become dominant, fighting a ruthless archeologist (Walton Goggins) and saving the world from the scourge of that Japanese death queen. Vikander does a solid job of building Lara Croft from the ground up when we first see Lara, she’s being defeated in hand-to-hand combat at a London boxing gym. Though Tomb Raider is not without its moment-to-moment charms, what sinks the film is not that the story relies on the audience watching a woman fend off various men with her fists, a bow and arrow and a pickaxe. Lara’s exploration brings her to an uncharted Japanese island, where she learns more about her father and the legend that drew him there, and eventually becomes the Lara Croft everyone may recognize from the early video game that made the character so popular. In exploring more about his disappearance, though, Lara decides to try and retrace his steps as he aimed to unearth the remains of a Japanese “death queen” who had the ability to kill men with a single touch. After a run-in with the police, Lara’s past is revealed: Her father (Dominic West) has been missing for years, and she’s set to inherit a very large fortune. ![]() Recent Oscar winner Alicia Vikander stars as Lara Croft, a young woman making her way as a bike messenger in London in spite of a very wealthy family background. 'Tomb Raider' Film in the Works as Amazon Makes Rich Rights Deal for Marvel-Like Franchise (Exclusive)
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