Tomb Raider Rebooted

Everyone's favourite 90's sex symbol has returned to our consoles this month, and now appears to be readying herself for an onscreen comeback. Who am I talking about? Lara Croft, of course.

The original Tomb Raider game is one of many fond memories from my younger days and like every boy or man to ever play it I had a major crush on Lara Croft. Who wouldn't? She's hot! She has a great figure, she's tough, all action, very flexible, she knows how to handle a gun and wears the shortest shorts available. She ticks all the boxes. So when the original film, Lara Croft:Tomb Raider, was released back in 2001 I was as excited as the next guy. I was also as disappointed as the next guy after seeing it.

Let's all be honest, it was a bad film. It was overly formulaic and the story was unmemorable. Just about the only good memory that sticks out in my head is me and my friend repeatedly rewatching the scene where you catch a glimpse of Angelina Jolie's side boob. I was 8, it was a big deal. Anyway, my point is that the film wasn't very good and was followed by a second even more unmemorable piece of drivel that pretty much killed the Tomb Raider franchise.

However, it appears that Lara Croft is set to rise from the dead and burst back onto the big screen. The developers of the latest game recently confirmed that GK Films, who purchased the film rights to Tomb Raider back in 2011, are working on rebooting the movie with a similar vision to that of the new game. But the big question is: will it be any good?

In short no, probably not. Games rarely ever work well as films and usually just end up making you resent the franchise as a whole. This was perfectly shown by the atrocious job done with the last couple of films, yet it appears that the film studios have not learnt their lesson. My guess is that Lara's upcoming outing will be more of the same, but probably in 3D with some updated special effects.

However, there is one small silver lining. British Actress Camilla Luddington, 29, voiced and motion controlled Lara Croft for the latest Tomb Raider game. As a result many people have touted her to reprise the role for the forthcoming movie. I think we can all agree that Camilla Luddington dressed as Lara Croft would certainly soften the blow of having to watch one of our most beloved gaming icons mercilessly ruined at the hands of Hollywood.

I'm sorry to say that given it's terrible track record, as well as the sheer amount of terribly generic action films that seem to be on display at the moment, Tomb Raider isn't one we should be getting out hopes up for.




Written by Ash Davies