Lara Croft’s reboot as a Tomb Raider began five years ago, and what an adventure it’s been. First, she braved a craggy island, then the harsh winter weather of Siberia, and now she’s taming the jungles of South America. What started as a young archaeologist’s research and dream to uncover the mythological civilization of the Yamatai has turned into an obsessed pursuit to stop a sect of masterminds out to steal precious artifacts of immortality. Shadow of the Tomb Raider brings the Trinity trilogy (or is it Trinogy") to a close, and Lara is nigh unrecognizable from her first foray in 2013. She’s a survivor, a hunter, an archaeologist, an explorer, and a bit of a mass killer. And she kind of makes everything worse. Have you ever heard the theory that Indiana Jones really didn’t affect anything in Raiders of the Lost Ark" If you think about it, nothing he did stopped the Nazis from finding the Ark of the Covenant. He couldn’t stop the Nazis from performing the ritual to open it, either. The only thing that stopped the Nazis was them opening the Ark, which ended up killing them all. This theory can ruin the movie for some, but fans of it should never forget that while it may be true, it was the wild ride that made the movie memorable and fun. A lot of the same can be said about Lara Croft in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Welcome to the Jungle
At the beginning, Lara is in hot pursuit of Trinity in Cozumel as they search for ye...