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Yes, the movie spends a bit too long establishing Lara’s character in London, the ending with the twin pistols is way too cheesy, and I’m sure there are a dozen other flaws you can instantly pick out about this film, but I bet very few of them revolve around Vikander not being a good Lara. Whichever Lara is your one true Lara, Vikander’s version gets pretty close. However, the character herself has the quip-heavy attitude of Original Lara, with the charming personality and the reliance on her team which comes from Second Era Lara. The movie follows the basic beats (with some poetic license) of the first outing of Reboot Lara. The movie itself is nothing special, but Vikander’s Lara is actually an incredible cocktail of Lara-ness. Which Lara is this? The Alicia Vikander movie version.Ĭontroversial to have it this high? Maybe. Because of that, it just misses out on the top five. It’s not short of great moments, like the Jeep leaping onto the raft, but ultimately this is one of the few (arguably the only) games where Lara is overshadowed by another character, in this case Werner Von Croy. This change makes the game stronger but limits Lara’s potential in the all-time Lara stakes. It’s the first step away from Lara’s established persona, but ultimately sacrifices characterisation for a greater focus on gameplay. Lara loses some of her easygoing nature in becoming a more focused adventurer. While it’s hard to say that comes at the cost of anything-Last Revelation Lara is a great Lara-it does slightly limit her freedom to show off her range of quips. The ending of the Original Era offers a little bit more than 3, injecting Lara with more personality and expecting her to carry a more substantial narrative than she had so far in the series. Which Lara is this? The one where she dies at the end. ‘00s movies have a history of doing that to their female leads, be they Jessica Alba in Fantastic Four or Megan Fox in Transformers, and Jolie’s sequel Lara is another pushed into that trap. Her accent is somehow worse, and after getting some decent nuance in her performance the first time around, it’s like she’s been told her only motivation is sex appeal. I mean, that bit where she shoots paper targets in trees while on horseback wasn’t part of the movie, right? Jolie obviously filmed that for a completely different film, then the two directors bumped into each other in a hallway like high schoolers in a rom-com meet cute, and the reels got mixed up. The most frustrating thing is she wasn’t half bad at the character the first time around, but she’s all bad here. That this finishes above Chronicles and Shadow says a lot more about those than it does about Jolie’s second try at being Lara. The title is stupid and the movie is stupid. Which Lara is this? The second Angelina Jolie one.