Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

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On June 15, 2001, movie theaters around the globe debuted the highly anticipated movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider which was heavily based off of the Tomb Raider video game series. The movie’s cast consisted of eight to ten characters ranging from different supporting roles. The main attraction throughout the whole movie without a doubt id Angelina Jolie who plays Lara Croft along with other cast members such as Jon Voight, Chris Barrie, Lain Glen, Daniel Craig, and Noah Taylor. These characters combined along with Angelina Jolie’s role of being a strong diviner woman and outdoing men in combat gives this action packed thriller worth the watch. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider begins with Lara tomb raiding, searching for a diamond, unaware of her …show more content…

Lara was devastated after her father’s disappearance which led me to believe that she is strong willed by how her character is performed throughout the movie script. In addition to Lara’s missing father figure, she is left with reminiscent memories and later has a dream of her father who hints to her where to find the key to “the triangle of light.” In the morning Lara finds an object that resembles a clock and since she isn’t too familiar with clocks she takes it to be reviewed by Mr. Wilson who is played by Leslie Philips. Lara gives some background information about the clock referring back to “the triangle of light” but Wilson disregards her claim and he later reveals her name to the illuminati member Manfred Powell regarding the clock hoping Manfred can obtain this clock device. Lara carries on trying to figure out what the device is used for when she gets a letter from her father detailing the usage of the clock and its importance to retrieving the two halves of the “triangle of light.” The triangle of light is emphasized as a powerful object that has the capacity of mass destruction and also has the ability to travel through time and space. Moreover, the characters find themselves in Cambodia fighting over the pieces of the triangle that her father requested her to destroy due to its destructive potential. Lara is

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