They soon find out that there is a bigger conspiracy going on when they are captured by a group of men lead by Mathias Vogal (Walton Goggins) who are hunting for Himiko’s tomb. She teams up with a ship Captain Lu Ren (Daniel Wu) whose father disappeared along with Richard to figure out what happened to them. Instead of destroying the research, she decides to use it to try to find him. She finds a message that he recorded for her before he disappeared that instructs her to burn all his research on the legend of a Queen named Himiko who was said to have a curse that caused all that she touched to die. She is the heiress to a large fortune but refuses to accept it because it would mean acknowledging that her missing father Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West) is dead. Lara Croft is a young woman living in London who works as a bicycle courier. Vikander brings an intensity and vibrance to the role that makes her a great choice for the kick-butt protagonist Lara Croft. The original film is based off of the video game Tomb Raider that was first released by British gaming company Core Design in 1996. Directed by Norwegian director Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, this film is a reboot of Simon West’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) starring Angelina Jolie.
When it comes to strong, compelling female leads in film, the 2018 film Tomb Raider has one of the best that I’ve seen in a while. Even taking into account the resounding success these characters and others like them have had, it is clear the genre of action and adventure movies has long been, and still is, overwhelmingly dominated by male characters.
From Star Wars’ (George Lucas, 1977) Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) subverting the idea of a damsel in distress and rescuing herself, to Wonder Woman ’s (Patty Jenkins, 2017) Diana (Gal Gadot) showing what a woman can be without the constraints of societal gender roles, strong female characters have resonated with both male and female audiences. Having women in action roles is not a new phenomenon in the film industry.
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