Tomb Raider, originally based off of a video game, came to theaters in mid-March. Two Tomb Raider movies were made in the early 2000s and Lara Croft, the main character, was played by Angelina Jolie. In the new version Croft was played by Alicia Vikander, a Swedish actress. Vikander played the role of Croft well and won the audience over with her bravery and strength.

In the movie, Croft’s father has disappeared and is believed to have died, until Croft finds a box full of his puzzles, maps and clues, leading to a barely reachable island in the Devil’s Sea. Supposedly, this island is the final resting place of an ancient Japanese queen, Himiko, who could unleash terrors that would leave the world in a terrible condition if disturbed. Croft ventures to Hong Kong and finds the son of a man that worked with her father to take her to the secret island.

On the island, Croft is greeted by a rival archeologist of her father’s and a group of prisoners who are being forced to work in an excavation project to find Himiko’s grave. Croft knows how to find and open the grave because of her father’s notes, and is left with the choice of telling the others how to find Himiko or keeping that information to herself.

I found Tomb Raider to be predictable at some parts. I was able to guess many major points of the plot just based on typical action movies or from earlier clues in the story. For example, when Croft refuses to sign the papers to sign over her father’s company, the audience can predict that her father is not actually dead.

I enjoyed how well Vikander portrayed Lara Croft and how the story has a strong female lead role. From her physical fitness to her mental strength, Croft was a true warrior. She had to perform a variety of stunts, from parachuting through a forest canopy to clinging onto the wing of a crashed bomber while perched on the edge of a waterfall.

Tomb Raider has a fresh score of 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. Most critics think that this was a successful reboot of the older movies, but that Croft does not come off as intelligent in the movie as she does in past movies and in the video games. Additionally, many people don’t want to let go of Angelina Jolie as Croft and believe that she did a better job than Vikander.

If you are into action movies with strong female leads, then go see Tomb Raider before it leaves theaters!