Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Director: Jan de Bont Jan de Bont

Overview

This sequel to the 2001 hit video-game adaptation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider finds Jan de Bont stepping in for director Simon West, helming his first feature since 1999's The Haunting. From a script by first-time scribe Dean Georgaris, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life finds Angelina Jolie once again portraying the titular curvaceous adventurer. But where the first film saw Croft in a race against the Illuminati to acquire an elusive relic that offers control over life and death, this entry in the series follows the heroine as she ventures to an underwater temple in search of the mythological Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, once she secures the legendary artifact, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate. It is then up to Lara to get the box back before an evil mastermind gets hold of it and uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities. Gerard Butler, Djimon Hounsou, and Noah Taylor head up the supporting cast.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/27/2018
UPC:	0032429302694
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Language:	English
Time:	1:57:00
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	9,908

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Angelina Jolie	Lara Croft
Gerard Butler	Terry Sheridan,Actor
Ciarán Hinds	Jonathan Reiss
Noah Taylor	Bryce
Djimon Hounsou	Kosa
Til Schweiger	Sean
Simon Yam	Chen Lo
Terence Yin	Xien
Daniel Caltagirone	Nicholas Petraki
Fabiano Martell	Jimmy Petraki
Jonathan Coyne	Gus Petraki
Robert Cavanah	Actor
Ronan Vibert	Actor
Lenny Juma	Actor
Raymond Offula	Actor
Hezron Ajuala	Actor
Alfred Kalipso	Actor
Vincent Mbaya	Actor
Ace Shigeo Yonamine	Actor,Shay Ling Giant
Robert Atiko	Actor
Shirley Chantrell	Actor
Sang Lui	Actor
Richard Ridings	Actor
Elizabeth Seal	Actor
Daryl Kwan	Actor
Richard Woo	Actor
David Kershaw	Actor
Marem Hernandez	Actor
Kate Loustau	Actor
Ralf Beck	Actor
Tom Wu	Actor
Gerald Kyd	Actor
Mark Sung	Actor
Loan Tran	Actor
Charlotte Nguyen	Actor
Vincent Poon	Actor
Tom Yang	Actor
Jamie Cho	Actor
Khan Bonfils	Actor
Jose Cuenco Jr.	Actor
Andrew Joshi	Actor
Mark Hampton	Actor
Chris Barrie	Hillary
Jon Voight	Actor
Iain Glen	Actor
Daniel Craig	Actor
Richard Johnson	Actor
Raymond Ofula	Village Leader
Hajaz Akram	Buyer
Marem Hassler	Air Stewardess
Richard Ng	Buyer
James V. Hart	Actor
John Hubbard	Actor,Actor
Alan Silvestri	Composer

Technical Credits

Dean Georgaris

Patrick Massett

John Zinman

James V. Hart

Steven E. de Souza

Jan de Bont	Director
Dickey Beer	Stunts
Steve Begg	Special Effects
Chris Corbould	Special Effects
Lawrence Gordon	Producer,Director
Jeremy Heath-Smith	Executive Producer,Producer
Daniel Hubbard	Casting,Casting,Casting
Lloyd Levin	Producer,Director
Dean Georgaris	Screenwriter
Scott Armstrong	Special Effects
Tom Aitken	Stunts
Patrick Massett	Screenwriter
John Zinman	Screenwriter
Steve Boeddeker	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Philip Lee	Producer
Louis A. Stroller	Producer
Andrea Adams	Special Effects
Gang Wu	Stunts
John Brady	Sound Effects
Kent Brown	Sound Effects
Brian Chumney	Sound Effects
John Cochrane	Sound Effects
James V. Hart	Screenwriter
Steven E. de Souza	Screenwriter
Chris Munro	Sound/Sound Designer
Simon Kaye	Sound/Sound Designer
Randy Thom	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Angelina Jolie makes her second appearance as the supremely self-assured video game adventuress in this extravagantly produced, lightning-paced sequel, which is superior to the original in every way. This time around, Lady Croft searches for the mythical Pandora's Box, which is said to contain a destructive force that, if unleashed, could wipe out the earth's population in fairly short order. Having ascertained that the box actually exists in a remote region of Africa where human life is believed to have originated, Lara enlists the aid of unscrupulous adventurer Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler) and begins her perilous quest. Unfolding in a succession of exotic locations, replete with outlandish death traps and hairbreadth escapes, Cradle of Life plays just like a latter-day equivalent of the old cliff-hanger movie serials. Director Jan de Bont deserves most of the credit for the film's success; a master of the elaborately mounted action sequence, he invests his films with an internal logic that makes even the most outlandish situations seem not only possible but plausible. Refreshingly, he doesn't rely as extensively as some filmmakers do on digital effects: Real people doing real stunts accomplish most of the breathtaking feats here. On de Bont’s watch, Croft extricates herself, with a combination of skill and luck, from such wild predicaments as an underwater face-off with a shark. Jolie plays the sexy adventuress with iron-willed resolve, straight-faced sincerity, and just a smidgeon of dry wit. Butler's ethically challenged soldier of fortune makes an intriguing vis-à-vis for her, and Ciaran Hinds is chillingly convincing as a brilliant but sociopathic doctor who covets Pandora's Box for himself. Wildly imaginative and genuinely exciting, Lara Croft's second screen adventure is a rip-roaring yarn that will please thrill-seeking viewers.