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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action adventure film directed by Jan de Bont and based on the Tomb Raider video game series. Angelina Jolie stars as the titular character Lara Croft with supporting performances from Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger, Djimon Hounsou and Simon Yam.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life: Directed by Jan de Bont. With Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie. 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.
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Lara Croft (Jolie) is tasked by MI6 to find Pandora's Box, an object from ancient legends which supposedly contains one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, before evil Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist Jonathan Reiss, (Ciarán Hinds) can get his hands on it. The key to finding the box, which is hidden in the mysterious Cradle of Life,...
Angelina Jolie as Lara CroftCiarán Hinds as Jonathan ReissGerard Butler as Terry SheridanChristopher Barrie as HillaryThe budget for Cradle of Lifewas just under $120 million; like the first film, it was financed through Tele-München Gruppe. The picture was also distributed internationally by Japanese company Toho-Towa. Filming lasted for three and a half months, which included six-day shoots on location in Hong Kong, Thira, Llyn Gwynant in North Wales (doubling f...
Cradle of Life received slightly higher reviews than the original, with a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 162 reviews. and a 43/100 rating on Metacritic. Salon described it as a "highly enjoyable summer thrill ride." Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of four stars, stating that the film was "better than the first one, more assured, more entert...
Despite the more favorable critical response, Cradle of Life suffered a disappointing opening weekend, as it debuted in fourth place with a take of $21.7 million, a 55% drop from the original's opening gross of $47.7 million. The film finished with a domestic gross of only $65 million, therefore relying on the foreign box office to make a profit. T...
One of Angelina Jolie's stunt doubles was a man.In the scene where Lara Croft and partner jump off a building wearing "flying suits", called wingsuits, the stunt was performed by the two men who developed the suits. No CGI, wires, nets, or other...At one point in the movie, Lara Croft attacks a bad guy using very sophisticated movements with an antique rifle. Her movements are taken from Queen Anne Salute used by the U.S. Army Drill Team.The film was banned in China because "it damaged China's reputation, giving the impression of a country in chaos, with no government and over-run by secret societies".Experience the pulse-pounding excitement of 'Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life' in this action-packed compilation of the best moments! Join Lara Croft on a jou...
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Globetrotting action sequel in which archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) must track down a mad bioweapons genius who threatens to...
Fearless explorer Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) tries to locate Pandora's box before criminals Jonathan Reiss (Ciarán Hinds) and Chen Lo (Simon Yam) use it for...
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is the second Tomb Raider Movie and came to cinemas on July 25th 2003. Jan de Bont was the director. The story was written by Steven E. de Souza and James V. Hart. Dean Georgaris wrote the Screenplay.
