Movie Guide: Lara Croft -- Tumb Raider

Director Simon West made it clear Angelina Jolie's on-screen glamor in the role of Lara Croft would be a major selling-point for the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. And sure enough, Jolie looks hot as she tramps around the globe battling all manner of bad guys in a revealing tank top or fur-lined coat. Unfortunately, West only succeeded in half of his endeavor. Aside from Lara Croft, there aren't any cool characters in this movie and they're all hamstrung by a rather dull Indiana Jones-like plot in which a doomsday group wants to gain hold of a mystical power that will render its holder omnipotent. There are some thrilling moments and viewers will be swept away by many of the settings -- Iceland and Cambodia being two prominent ones -- but the film lacks the explosive excitement of the computer game that inspired it.