Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Chris Barrie
- Hillary
- (as Christopher Barrie)
Jonny Coyne
- Gus Petraki
- (as Jonathan Coyne)
Raymond Ofula
- Village Leader
- (as Raymond Offula)
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- TriviaIn Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Angelina Jolie had to wear bra padding, in order for her bust size to measure up to the videogame character. Jolie wears considerably less (and possibly no) padding in this film, as the decision was made to give Lara more realistic dimensions.
- GoofsLara's face is forced down onto broken glass by Reiss' henchman Sean causing her to bleed on the table. When she comes up there are no marks, scratches or blood on her face.
- Quotes
[Deciding who should jump off first]
Terry Sheridan: Right, you go first.
Lara Croft: No, you go first.
[Thugs shoot at them]
Lara Croft: I'll go first.
- Crazy creditsThe opening logos for Paramount and Mutual Films are projected onto water.
- ConnectionsEdited into Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
- SoundtracksDid My Time
Written and Performed by Korn
Produced by Korn and Jonathan Davis
Additional production by Frank Filipetti
Korn performs courtesy of Epic Records
Featured review
Pretty Good, If All You Want Is A Brainless Action Movie
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is an improvement over the original as it delivers more action and adventure. Archaeologist and explorer extraordinaire, Lara Croft, journeys to a temple which has sunken underwater in search of lost treasures. During her expedition, Croft happens upon a sphere that contains the mythical Pandora's Box, only to have it stolen from her by Chen Lo, the leader of a Chinese crime syndicate. Chen Lo is in league with a bad guy named Reiss, who wants to use the priceless Box as a doomsday weapon. The plot sounds okay but the main reason someone would see this film is for the action scenes and Angelina Jolie. People just wanting those two things will probably enjoy this film. People that want a good story and better direction should skip this film. The action scenes are really cool and are done well. However, the story is weak and the film doesn't quite make sense at times either. I think the person that should be blamed is Jan de Bont. He is a terrible director and can't build up suspense very well. He did a bit better then Simon West but still the studio should have hired someone else. The acting is good not great but nothing horrible either. Angelina Jolie does a good job of playing Lara Croft and she is also very breathtaking in the film. Gerard Butler does a good job as well though sometimes his performance wasn't very interesting. The action scenes are really cool and are done well. Another problem I had with this film is that it gets boring at times. Having a lot of action doesn't mean its audience will be entertained. The movie's running time is 117 minutes which is a bit longer then the original. I think they could have cut the film down to about the same length as there some pointless scenes. If you hated the original then you should skip this film as the film is more of the same but it is more entertaining. As long as you don't try to notice too many of the mistakes in the film then you should enjoy it. If your looking for a serious action flick then just skip this. Rating 6.8/10
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- Also known as
- Tomb Raider 2
- Filming locations
- Santorini, Greece(Opening scene)
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- Budget
- $95,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $65,660,196
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,783,641
- Jul 27, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $160,099,222
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
- 2.35 : 1
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