An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, to be honest, I actually didn’t remember much about the damned thing but, on the other hand, it was hardly surprising though. Indeed, I have noticed that those Lara Croft flicks don’t get much love in general but I have to admit that the first installment is actually a guilty pleasure of mine. Basically, I have always been a huge fan of Indiana Jones and it is always a lot of fun to watch an adventure flick dealing with archeology. Of course, I’m not pretending that the first installment came near the level of greatness of the Indiana Jones franchise but I think it was watchable, at least as far I’m concerned. However, I really had a hard time to care about this sequel though. I mean, I still believe that, once again, Angelina Jolie was incredibly charismatic, she was probably the only actress who could pull something like this without being completely ridiculous and I think she had some solid chemistry with Gerald Butler. Unfortunately, they completely messed up the tone though. Indeed, the first movie was a fun and light adventure flick while this sequel was just grimmer for no good reason. Indeed, half of the movie was about some tedious shooting parties and I wonder how many people Lara Croft actually killed during this movie. As a result, it very often felt like a boring action flick. At least, the funny thing with this movie was that, on one hand, it was the beginning of the beginning for Angelina Jolie since she was becoming a superstar back then and, on the other hand, it was the beginning of the end for Jan de Bont who wouldn’t direct another movie ever after. Anyway, to conclude, I’m not surprised that Angelina Jolie didn’t want to come back for a 3rd movie to play this character and even though I have seen worse, this sequel turned out to be rather tedious and I don’t think it is really worth a look.


5/10