In the confusion, Lara and Richard overpower the remaining soldiers, though Vogel escapes and Richard becomes infected. Vogel concludes that he cannot remove Himiko's body and instead settles for detaching a finger, which he seals in a pouch. Lara realizes that Himiko was an asymptomatic carrier of the virus, who chose to entomb herself so that she could not infect others. When a Trinity soldier attempts to remove her corpse, he is infected by a highly infectious pathogen that reduces those infected to an aggressive zombie-like state. The party navigates a series of booby traps and locates Himiko's sarcophagus. In the ensuing chaos, Richard makes his way to Himiko's tomb and is captured by Vogel, who persuades Lara to open the tomb. Lara makes contact with Lu Ren, and he, along with the other slaves, stage distractions that allow Lara to infiltrate the Trinity camp and recover her father's journal. Despite his protests, Lara sets off the next morning to recover his research from Vogel's camp. After Lara convinces him that she is real and not a figment of his imagination, Richard treats her injuries. She follows a mysterious figure through the jungle, and discovers that the figure is her father, who stayed on the island to prevent Trinity from finding Himiko's tomb. He adds Lara and Lu Ren to his slave force eventually, the two of them try to escape, and Lara is the only one successful.Īfter surviving rapids and narrowly avoiding getting thrown over a waterfall, Lara is forced to kill a Trinity guard after nightfall. Vogel takes Lara prisoner, claiming that he killed her father and revealing that he intends to use Richard's research to continue his expedition. The expedition has been funded by a shadowy organization called Trinity, which seeks to harness and weaponize Himiko's power. She awakens only to encounter Mathias Vogel, the leader of an expedition to locate Himiko's tomb. The ship capsizes in a violent storm and Lara is washed ashore where she is knocked unconscious. Lara travels to Hong Kong where she hires Lu Ren, captain of the ship Endurance, to sail into the Devil's Sea and the island of Yamatai. Richard warns Lara to destroy all of his research, but she ignores his warnings so that she can investigate further. There she finds a pre-recorded video message from Richard detailing his research into Himiko, the mythical Queen of Yamatai who was said to command the power over life and death. Lara reluctantly accepts and gains access to a secret chamber in her father's tomb. After never claiming her inheritance for many years, believing her father to still be alive, Miller warns Lara that if she does not claim her vast inheritance, her father's country estate, Croft Manor, will be sold off. When she is arrested after a bike accident involving a police car, Richard's business partner Ana Miller posts her bail. Vikander's performance was highly praised but the characterization of Croft drew a polarized response some described her as a "capable, powerful, and unobjectified heroine", while others called her bland, and a "punching bag and onlooker." It is the all-time best reviewed film based on an video game, currently sitting at 51% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes tied with Rampage.įollowing the disappearance of her father, Lord Richard Croft, Lara Croft makes a living as a bike courier. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some describing the plot as " paint-by-numbers", and others praising the action sequences, tone, grittiness and realistic take on the franchise. The film grossed $274 million worldwide, equal to the Angelina Jolie's original film in 2001 and more than its 2003 sequel. Pictures, in RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, IMAX and 4DX. The first Tomb Raider film not to be distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was released in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2018, and in the United States on March 16, 2018, by Warner Bros. Studios in the United Kingdom, and in Cape Town, South Africa. Principal photography took place from January to June 2017 at the Warner Bros. Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, and Kristin Scott Thomas appear in supporting roles. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, who embarks on a perilous journey to her father's last-known destination, hoping to solve the mystery of his disappearance. An American and British co-production, it is based on the 2013 video game of the same name, with some elements of its sequel by Crystal Dynamics, and is a reboot of the Tomb Raider film series. Tomb Raider is a 2018 action-adventure film directed by Roar Uthaug, with a screenplay by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons, from a story by Evan Daugherty and Robertson-Dworet.
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