Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 4K UHD Digital

Great.

Well, let me start out by saying, Tomb Raider: The cradle of life, and anything else TR is great... the movie is,,,,well.... It's fun, funny, chilling, etc. There is alot of : Action, such as jumping from a 100 foot building, horror even!, such as the shadow guardians, adventure, such as the tomb of Alexander the great, etc... Angelina Jolie plays her role terrfic! She is a PERFECT Lara croft. This movie is nothing like the first. Yes, I liked the first, but it kinda bored me! And I'm a HUGE fan of Tomb Raider. This movie is longer and much more exciting. This movie gets 5 stars for it's great casting, chilling and heroic scenes, and Lara croft/Angelina Jolie. If you are a fan of Tomb Raider, or just looking for a great DVD, buy Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The cradle of life......

Love the Lara Croft movie now I have all three Lara Croft movies got tomb raider , cradle of Life and the new Lara Croft one shows how she became the tomb raider

First of all, Lawrence Bernarbo's review is excellent and nearly the last word on the film. Given that, here's a bit more. First, thanks very much for Jan de Bont for getting the Lara Croft idea back on track after Simon West's disastrous creation of the first Lara Croft, which was so bad that one critic referred to it as the first "post-content" movie. In fact, in one of those delicious "living well is the best revenge" moments, Jan de Bont (Speed, Twister) brought back Steven de Souza to write the story. In creating the first Tomb Raider, West had rejected all three of de Souza's drafts. So, Paramount, can we please keep Steven de Souza now? So what, exactly, is so much fun about a movie based on a video game? Well, first of all, of course, there's Jolie herself, who has created a truly great, mythic character. Okay, I admit, the mere words "female archeologist" would have hooked me to begin with, but when you turn the female archeologist into Wonder Woman, well, I'm just doomed to hopeless addiction. Second, it really is a very nice script, that obeys the most important rules of drama. There's a famous rule in drama that if there's a shotgun over the hearth in the first act, it must be fired by the end of the third. In this case, the shotgun is Lara's absolute certainty that "Anything lost is meant to be found." She is to discover, after much hardship and no small loss of life on all sides, that "Some things are not meant to be found." What she must do to make sure that some lost things are not found is what drives the deeper, more personal struggle. As just about everyone has noted, Jolie was clearly born for this role. It can't be easy breathing life into a cartoon character, but she actually transcends the cartoonish aspects of Lara Croft and creates a living, breathing, slightly conflicted heroine. It helps that, unlike the Bond or Indiana Jones movies, we actually see the character practicing her skills. After all, don't you secretly wonder how Bond or Jones find the time to stay in shape? It's nice to see the hard work that goes into the famous fighting skills. In fact, in another gratifying moment, the mock battle with staffs at home is repeated for real in her battle with one of the lesser villains. Just one more shotgun over the fireplace. Finally, Cradle of Life is just an amazingly pretty film, and that is partly what distinguishes it from its rivals. The sheer, ballet-like choreography of the stunts, from the famous dive off the skyscraper to sliding down the ropes upside down is so beautiful it leaves you with a wonderful feeling of, well, rightness. And it may be this consummate grace that gives the film its deeply feminine appeal. Lara Croft doesn't just fight on equal terms with men; she does so with a profoundly female grace of movement, which answers the question: "What does it mean to be a female action hero?" In this sense, Lara is more like Sarah Michelle Geller's Buffy than like the women of The Long Kiss Goodnight or the Kill Bill series. In the end, the director, writers, cast and crew have created a truly satisfying action romp that sets new standards for female characters. They deserve our thanks for saving the Lara Croft myth from post-content hell. Thank you all.

The movie was at a great price. It was in pristine condition.

Purchased mainly for steelbook case Movie was fine for what it is. Jolie makes viewing any movie enjoyable. Vendor provided material in excellent condition in good time

Looked for full screen, couldn't find it new. Full screen is better than wide because the movie is not cut it is all there like at the theater!

This is the sequel to Angeline Jolie's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which was adapted from the very popular video game franchise. This one stars Jolie, reprising her role as Lara Croft, and Gerard Butler (from 300) who are on a quest to find Pandora's box and the Cradle of Life. Of course, there are bad guys who are also after the box for nefarious purposes. There are a bunch of very unrealistic action sequences and stunts (including Lara punching a shark and then riding it to the surface of the ocean) that rival the Fast and Furious movies for their absurdity. And, like in the first movie, they put Jolie into the tightest outfits possible to show off what she has going on. The A/V quality of the Blu-Ray is very good. If you have a surround sound system there is sound coming from all the speakers at almost all times. The movie looks great in HD and the practical effects and CGI effects blend together very well. There is a decent amount of extras included such as a director's commentary track on the movie, about ten minutes of deleted scenes, about forty minutes of behind-the-scenes and making-of featurettes, a portion of Gerard Butler's screen test, and a couple of music videos. The movie is good, but not great. Some of the action sequences either border on, or jump headlong into the absurd. It is definitely a movie that you can have on in the background and you can easily follow along with what is going on even if you look away for a few minutes at a time. Jolie plays Croft pretty much exactly as she did in the first movie, and Chris Barrie as Hillary and Noah Taylor as Bryce provide the comic relief. It is definitely a "turn your brain off and enjoy it" kind of movie. It requires a lot of suspension of disbelief and certainly, not everyone is going to enjoy it. But, in general, I would say if you liked the first movie you will probably like this one. On the other hand, if the first movie did not do much for you, then this is probably not going to do anything for you either.