<em>Tomb Raider</em> Is a Gritty Reboot of a Video-Game Classic
Lara Croft returns to the big screen, this time played by Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, in a competent but uninspired update.
Five minutes into the 2001 video-game adaptation the title character (played by Angelina Jolie) takes a luxuriant shower that includes as preparation for her tomb raiding. Five minutes into the 2018 reboot starring Alicia Vikander, Lara has taken part in a punishing boxing match and an electrifying bike-messenger race around the streets of London; the only thing the camera has ogled are her abs. Hollywood has a ways to go in terms of presenting female heroics onscreen, but I suppose you could call that progress.
