'Tomb Raider' Clips: Alicia Vikander Recreates Action-Packed Scenes From The Video Games

‘Tomb Raider’ Clips: Alicia Vikander Recreates Action-Packed Scenes From The Video Games

NewTomb Raiderclips have been released from theAlicia Vikander-fronted reboot of the popular video game franchise. And as you’d expect, they are packed full of action.

Vikander stars as Lara Croft, the iconic action heroine from the long-running video game franchiseTomb Raider. The games were adapted to films once before, withAngelina Joliein the lead role.

But now, Vikander gives a modern take on the character, which is based more heavily on the rebooted version first seen in the 2013 video game,Tomb Raider.

Tomb Raider Clips

This first clip is being marketed as an exact recreation of a scene from the 2013Tomb Raidervideo game. There is even a YouTube video comparing thescenes side-by-side.

The second clip is equally action-packed, featuring Vikander’s Lara Croft escaping from a boat in the midst of a treacherous storm.

You can watch two more clips at the bottom of this post.

Watching these clips, I have to wonder: Who is this movie for? The first adaptations were modestly successful but critically lambasted, skating by on the star power and charisma of Angelina Jolie. The video games are popular, to be sure, but are fans jostling for a new feature film?

Alicia Vikander is a talented, Oscar-winning actress, no question. But she is by no means at the same level of international stardom that Jolie was when she played Lara Croft. And she has made some questionable choices after her slew of scene-stealing performances inEx Machina,The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,andThe Danish Girl.Tomb Raiderseems destined to hew closer toTulip Feverthan any of her more acclaimed films.

So, isTomb Raiderfor the video game fans or the fans of the original films? It feels like the former — especially with the meticulous recreation of scenes from the 2013 video game. But will that be enough to boost the movie’s box office, especially since adaptations of popular video games are rarely successful? We’ll see whenTomb Raiderhits theaters later this month.

Here is the official synopsis forTomb Raider:

Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished years earlier. Hoping to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance, Croft embarks on a perilous journey to his last-known destination — a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. The stakes couldn’t be higher as Lara must rely on her sharp mind, blind faith and stubborn spirit to venture into the unknown.

Roar UthaugdirectsTomb Raider, which also starsDominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu,andKristin Scott Thomas.Tomb Raideris set to hit theaters onMarch 16, 2018.