Even the rock-tree monsters that appear late in the game look familiar - perhaps disgruntled extras from the set of Fraggle Rock.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 6, 2021

Jolie once again does an impressive job as the iconic video game heroine and her banter with a very young-looking Butler is convincing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 2, 2021

It might be ever-so-slightly better than the last one, but that level of improvement is virtually unquantifiable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/10 | Oct 9, 2020

It's fine if you watch it for the sake of having a laugh at it, but if you try and watch it as a person who wants to watch a good film, then you're out of luck...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 21, 2020

Angelina Jolie is stunning to look at... but there's just no tension to be derived from waiting to see whether Lara or the bad guys will get their hands on the fabled Pandora's box first.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 5, 2020

It's not half bad, with cool locations and a great stunt leap from the top of a Hong Kong high-rise. Unlike the wink-winking Charlie's Angels, Croft 2 mostly, and wisely, keeps a straight face.

Full Review | Mar 13, 2018

Lara Croft is pure popcorn, lighter than air and a little bit greasy. And the rare summer sequel that's even more fun than the first.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 5, 2018

A poor action film that lacks suspense, adrenaline or verisimilitude. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 20, 2016

A movie like this can kill a franchise before it gets off the ground

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 12, 2016

Better than the first, but not by much.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 25, 2010

The less welcome news is that most of the same shortcomings that cramped the first installment are still dogging the sequel, which delivers on action but dawdles through downtime.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2010

This Indiana Jones knockoff goes down smoothly enough, and Jolie isn't bad at all.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2010

It's all a confection, but the plot is tight, Jolie is hot, and I'll probably see the next one, too.

Full Review | Jan 22, 2010

It's clunky, lifeless, murky, and worst of all incredibly boring.

Full Review | Apr 29, 2009

Jan de Bont's direction is also disappointing, and while Angelina Jolie continues to be an eye catching female superhero, she will only do it for the most undemanding audiences this time.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

Jan De Bont seems to have lost the ability to intelligently direct an action scene.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 27, 2007

Curiously fun-free, drab and ho-hum.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 30, 2006

The tepidly anticipated return of the videogame vixen belly-flopped on its US release, and it did so with a splat that could drown out several summer blockbusters' worth of car-crunch and detonations.

Full Review | Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

If you're a fan of hers you'll be able to find some enjoyment in this movie, but not as much as she seems to be having while making them.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 30, 2005