This movie was all right, kept me entertained for the most part, but it needed more and less. The story is a bit better this time in parts, but it is also worse in others. I was kind of hoping I would hate this movie as most critics and people seem to, but I enjoyed it so now I suppose I will get private messages from people saying I should hate the movie. Well don't bother writing me please. The movie starts out with a cool underwater temple scene, and this is the highlight of the movie. It is also the only part in the movie that feels like the tomb raider video game. The rest of the movie has some good stuff, but it doesn't feel like tomb raider, more like a spy movie or something. At one point there is a scene with monsters that look like they belong in the Lord of the Ring movies. For what it was worth it was ok, but these monsters were kind of out of place. At least the stone warriors from the first movie have actually appeared in the game. I would also love to see Lara go into an actual tomb for once. Sure the underwater temple was cool, but it was just one room. Like the first one all the tombs here are usually one room. Can't they have here go through a really long tomb with multiple traps and stuff for her to shoot at? Also, I wish she would have used her guns more. I shoot more in five minutes of the video game than she does in this entire movie, and she always loses her weapons too. Not that I don't want to see character development and stuff, but this is a movie based on a game, it should be a bit more action packed than what we get. All in all though it was okay, I enjoyed it, but it just wasn't as good as the first for me.

Pointless sequel to the not so successful first film. The story is basically a rehash of the original, with slightly less supernatural stuff, but more unnecessary violence. The plot, involving a globe that shows the location of Pandora's Box, is just an excuse to go from one action scene to the next.

There are a lot of plot holes though: Growling sharks, secret labs located in the middle of a shopping mall, the question of why anyone would want to open Pandora's Box since it brings misfortune to those who does, and the fact that nobody knows the location of said box, except of course, an entire tribe living next door to it...

The first film was pretty bad, but compared to this disaster it was better in all departments. Jan de Bont is obviously just a 1.5-hit wonder (Twister is still pretty good) and he fails to do anything exciting with Cradle of Life. It's tired dialouge, clichéd characters, boring action pieces, and a slow pace where nothing really happens.

Angelina Jolie was by far the best thing with the original, but here she too lacks any sense of being happy to be back (read, contractual obligation). There are two minutes or so at the very end that actually are quite good, and gives Jolie a chance to prove that, given the right material, she's a really good actress, worth better than crap like this. [1/10]

I've never played the game, but movies like this have always been fun for me. Angelina was amazing, my childhood crush.