Roar Uthaug (The Wave) directed; his work feels derivative of Steven Spielberg's first two Indiana Jones movies, though not half as entertaining.

| Mar 5, 2020

If you're coming to Tomb Raider, you're not coming for the common sense. You're coming for the action sequences. Luckily, Vikander kills in every segment she's in.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 27, 2018

But there's little [Roar Uthaug] can do with Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons's script (derived largely from the "third era" of the video game), which functions like a treasure map without resonance or mystery.

| Mar 29, 2018

It all feels half-arsed - you'll be so bored at times you'll find yourself wondering if the rock placement in a jungle scene looks too fake (it does, by the way).

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 27, 2018

Tomb Raider unapologetically wears its Thirties-era B-movie antecedents on its sleeve while maintaining a very 21st century attitude toward its whip-smart and realistically tough (yet vulnerable) protagonist.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 22, 2018

Though I can't necessarily see myself watching Tomb Raider again, I can't deny that I enjoyed it, or that I'd shell out to see a second (or third) installment of the series.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 21, 2018

'Run, Lara! Run!' you want to yell, because very bad things happen when she stops - namely the dialogue.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 21, 2018

Vikander, who can balance flinty charm with sympathetic humanism, helped keep me invested, but Tomb Raider could best be described as a solid step forward, away from past wrongs.

| Mar 21, 2018

I longed for [Daniel] Wu to return to the screen whenever he left it.

| Mar 20, 2018

Vikander's expressive face is a godsend. Whether being throttled by a goon or torn away from a loved one, this stricken Lara feels like one of us.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 19, 2018

"Tomb Raider," stuffed though it is with curses, vaults, and locks that cry out for secret keys, is not really about a legendary quest, or family honor. It's about Alicia Vikander.

| Mar 19, 2018

There's no way to hate a movie that has spiked poles, booby-trapped caves and zombies, but you can fault it for not trying as hard as it should.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 18, 2018

Tomb Raider is a total kick in the pants and I had a terrific time watching it. As strong as Jolie might have been as the character previously, she was never given the same freedom to evolve and emote as Vikander has been granted.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 16, 2018

[Vikander] invests herself in Lara Croft, and the filmmakers, unlike the ones Jolie got saddled with, frame her with awe rather than lust. Now if only they could bring some of that awe to the tombs...

| Mar 16, 2018

Alicia Vikander is Croft this time and she is by far the best thing in the movie...But the final third of the movie is more like a predictable video game. We could have used more backstory.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 16, 2018

For a while, it looked like director Roar Uthaug was going to deliver a video game movie that transcended the genre, mostly through the neat trick of having his ass-kicking heroine be driven by the thoroughly human desire to be Daddy's little girl again.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 16, 2018

Tomb Raider, sloppily directed by Roar Uthaug, would not be worth watching without Vikander, who darts, leaps, and pummels her way through this mediocre escapade with a winning fierceness

| Original Score: C | Mar 16, 2018

Jolie's Lara was perhaps having too much fun for much sense of urgency, but Vikander's Lara isn't really having fun at all, which makes it hard for the audience to have much fun either.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 16, 2018

Alicia Vikander's Tomb Raider is as campy and as fun as the preceding films with Angelina Jolie, although this reboot drags on a bit too long and relies on a silly plot twist.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 16, 2018

Like your copy of the original Playstation game, this "Tomb Raider" already feels like it's covered in dust.

| Original Score: C | Mar 16, 2018