Movie Matinee Madness - Tomb Raider (2018)

Back in 2001, the world was introduced to Angelina Jolie as a female video game hero, Lara Croft, in 2018 we start the journey all over again this time with Alicia Vikander and a very handsome Daniel Wu.

Lara starts off in the UK, via Hong Kong and then to a deadly island off Japan, hope she was collecting frequent flyer miles.



I remember liking the original, giving the game a play or two back in the day and even being slightly excited about the sequel, how did the reboot go?

Well it was a Sunday morning, 10:30am to be exact and I was in, hook line and sinker. The action sequences were fantastic, Dominic West as Croft's father was a nice segway to him appearing in another season of The Affair.

Daniel Wu though, he is fit as fuck, he is 43 and his real life wife is lucky as hell.

I am wondering whether they will roll with a sequel and whether the studios took a look at the schedule here in Australia. Red Sparrow, strong and popular female lead, Ready Player One, video game inspired, A Quiet Place, Emily Blunt dominates the marketing and finally Pacific Rim: Uprising, more adventure/action fun. It's a packed cinema market right now, less people are going and more are flocking to streaming services.

Either way, let's cut the shit, this is a grade above the regular action/adventure/video game flick.

A good cast, solid action and a fun popcorn movie, Tomb Raider was a decent cinema outing, 3 Stars.