While not usually given to bothering with sequels, 'Lara Croft: the Cradle of Life' shares with 'Night in the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian' the singular distinction of being more fun than the original.
It mercifully doesn't take itself too seriously and at less than two hours compared with much of its ilk seems a model of brevity. But what places it head and shoulders over the competition is that it bucks the trend by for once providing a substantial role for a woman and represents an extremely rare occasion when the outfit the heroine wears in the movie actually improves upon the original.
It mercifully doesn't take itself too seriously and at less than two hours compared with much of its ilk seems a model of brevity. But what places it head and shoulders over the competition is that it bucks the trend by for once providing a substantial role for a woman and represents an extremely rare occasion when the outfit the heroine wears in the movie actually improves upon the original.