Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
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Directed by	Jan de Bont
Produced by	Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin
Screenplay by	Dean Georgaris
Story by	Steven E. de Souza James V. Hart
Based on	Tomb Raider by Core Design
Starring	Angelina Jolie Gerard Butler Noah Taylor Ciarán Hinds Djimon Hounsou Til Schweiger Christopher Barrie
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	David Tattersall
Edited by	Michael Kahn
Production company	Mutual Film Company BBC Films Tele München Gruppe Toho-Towa Lawrence Gordon Productions Eidos Interactive
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21) (premiere) July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25) (United States) August 14, 2003 (2003-08-14) (Germany) August 22, 2003 (2003-08-22) (United Kingdom) September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20) (Japan)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Germany Japan United Kingdom United States
Language	English Mandarin
Budget	$95 million
Box office	$156.5 million

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action-adventure film based on the Tomb Raider video game series. Angelina Jolie stars as the titular Lara Croft character with supporting performances from Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger, Djimon Hounsou and Simon Yam. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, the film was directed by Jan de Bont and is a sequel to the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

The Cradle of Life received mostly negative reviews, though critics noted it as an improvement on its predecessor, particularly in the action sequences, and continued to praise Jolie's performance as Lara Croft. Despite this, it did not repeat its box office performance, grossing $156 million compared to the previous installment's $275 million. It was still a financial success, and plans were made for a sequel, which were cancelled when Jolie declined to reprise her role as Croft. The series was rebooted in 2018 with Alicia Vikander taking over the title role.

On Santorini island, Greece, a strong earthquake uncovers the Luna Temple. The temple was built by Alexander the Great to house his most prized treasures. Among these treasures is a glowing orb with a pattern resembling a code etched into it. Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) finds this orb; but crime lord Chen Lo (Simon Yam) attacks her group, kills her two companions and takes the orb. Lara escapes with a strange medallion.