Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
A glossy, fast-paced adventure with campy charm and acrobatic action, easy to watch and forget.
About 2001 film directed by Simon West
Genres fantasy, action, adventure, science fiction, girls with guns, treasure hunt
Directed by Simon West
Written by Simon West, Patrick Massett, John Zinman
Starring Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Leslie Phillips, Noah Taylor, Richard Johnson, Chris Barrie
Music Graeme Revell
Runtime 100 min
Country Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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