Storyline

Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer (Dominic West) who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he's truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can't understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death.

Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad's last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn't be higher for Lara, who - against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit - must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name Tomb Raider.

Cast

Trivia

• The plot is loosely based on the 2013 reboot of the video game series, Tomb Raider. It also shares some minor elements of Crystal Dynamics' sequel game, Rise of the Tomb Raider.
• Alicia Vikander put on a lot of muscle to play Lara, as she wanted the character to be as realistic as possible and also did some of her own stunts.
• When Lara enters for the first time in the Croft Holdings, the Piano Concerto in F Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach is playing. The same melody played in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider when Lara is exercising with bungee cords in her home.
• The brown leather belt worn by Lara is from the old (pre-1999) uniform of The Boys' Brigade, a British voluntary youth organization.
• Lara's mother was originally called Lindsey (as seen in the first trailer). It was changed to Amelia for the final cut.
• Behind the scenes clips have shown Lara riding her motorbike outside the Croft Manor, but the bike has been replaced by a Volvo XC40 in the final cut for advertising purposes.