Tomb Raider

"At some point, Hollywood is going to realise they will never make a successful video game adaptation. This new Tomb Raider might not be the final nail in the coffin, but it definitely won’t zap any new life into the genre."

"Vikander packs a punch but this Tomb Raider is a long way off the Holy Grail of the first three Indy movies."

"More than the sets or spectacle, Vikander pulls you into her picture, as if we’ve signed up for a special edition of the game where Lara Croft has only one life to spare, one go to get it right."

"Ms. Vikander certainly looks the role, with flowing hair and a washboard stomach you could play the blues on. She runs, jumps and leaps into this yawning void with grim determination."

"Throughout Vikander maintains a kind of serene evenness of manner. Blandness is Lara’s theme."

"If the entire exotic adventure genre is built on an irresponsibility that no longer passes muster, why bother with a new Tomb Raider at all?"

"There are worse ways to spend two hours."

"Underneath the spit and polish of the regeneration, there's a nagging feeling that what passes in Tomb Raider is all too familiar..."

"...while it never becomes eye-rollingly awful, it rarely attains a level much higher than mildly interesting."

"It’s a different kind of Tomb Raider, certainly. But for an adventure film, it’s disconcertingly dull."