In the brave new movie world of 2018, audiences are more ready than ever for a credible, powerful female hero.
Tomb Raider may be based on a hugely successful computer game but it has long been tarnished by the overtly sexualised imagery of the lead character.
The game itself has rebranded Lara Croft as a rather more serious, fully-clothed adventuress but the movie still faces commentaries more concerned with Vikander’s “boobs” than the movie’s motivations.
As well as eclipsing Jolie’s famous incarnation, can this new reboot actually compete with the big boys and stand alongside something like the Indiana Jones franchise?
Wonder Woman rose above similar concerns to achived critical and commericial success but critics are heavily divided this time, with some praising a strong start to a potential franchise while others blast a “flabby, lazy mess.”
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TOMB RAIDER REVIEWS ROUND UP NEXT:
Irish Times: One can only assume this is Alicia Vikander’s anniversary gift to Michael Fassbender, so that he can feel a bit better about the underwhelming Assassin’s Creed.
Financial Times: If I see this silly woman clambering through jungles once more – formerly Angelina Jolie, she is now Alicia Vikander – I’ll go stark, napalm-wielding mad.
Total Film: Vikander packs a punch but this Tomb Raider is a long way off the Holy Grail of the first three Indy (Indiana Jones) movies.
TheWrap: Such a uniquely interesting character deserves more than a run-of-the-mill action franchise, but nearly 40 years after Raiders of the Lost Ark, we’re still getting pits and spikes, spiders and snakes.
Forbes: It’s a B-movie, shackled by being a feature-length origin story prologue, with an A-list leading lady at its center.
Little White Lies: Sensitivity and realism elevates the stakes of the film to such an extent that, combined with its playfulness and inventiveness, we can already safely call Tomb Raider one of the year’s best action films.
Independent: The film may be based on a video game but we could be back in the world of Ray Harryhausen B-movie matinee adventures of the 1960s and 1970s.
Entertainment Weekly: Vikander, who has clearly been put through the brutal pullups-and-jump-squats gauntlet of action-movie bootcamp, is tiny but powerful, an ab-rippling sprite to Jolie’s hourglass Amazonian.
Guardian: Throughout Vikander maintains a kind of serene evenness of manner. Blandness is Lara’s theme.
IGN Movies: Tomb Raider fails to develop interesting characters or motives but at least offers viewers some fun action.
TOMB RAIDER IS OUT ON MARCH 14