Video review: 'Tomb Raider' is Lara's song

June 9, 2018 at 5:30AM
Photo Credit: Ilze Kitshoff ALICIA VIKANDER as Lara Croft in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' action adventure "TOMB RAIDER," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in “Tomb Raider.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Lara's song

The reboot of "Tomb Raider" (⋆⋆⋆, PG-13) serves as an origin chronicle for Lara Croft, charting her evolution from spunky bicycle courier to daredevil globe-trotter. Taking over the role from Angelina Jolie, Oscar winner Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl") goes a long way toward making the cardboard character real. As thrill-a-minute cliffhangers pile up to stratospheric heights, her performance compares with Jolie's overacted version like Daniel Craig's 007 with Roger Moore's.

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