Lara Croft - Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

"The Cradle of Life" is the second outing for action heroine Lara Croft from the computer game Tomb Raider. The sequel, too, is a clone of the James Bond and Indiana Jones films, but even though it goes full throttle, the film is still not entirely successful.

It is all very spectacular, but although Lara Croft must save the entire world against all the odds, it somehow feels as if nothing is really at stake. To some extent this is because the story is simply not very coherent. There are too many stand-alone action sequences.

As the title suggests, "The Cradle of Life" is about the cradle of life, which can only be found with the help of a special orb. Many are after it, because Pandora's box lies at the cradle of life, and it holds so much evil that it is a threat to world peace itself.

MI6 orders Lara to get hold of the orb, and for this she gets help from her ex-boyfriend Terry Sheridan. They are up against the unscrupulous tycoon Jonathan Reiss, who is prepared to pour untold resources into the project.