• WHAT? — “Tomb Raider” (2001) & “Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life” (2003) films adapted from the popular video game series about a a British female archaeologist in search of ancient treasures.
• WHO? – Lara Croft, an intelligent, athletic, and somewhat reckless English woman of noble birth who travels the world in pursuit of priceless artifacts. She is played by Angelina Jolie.
• WHY? – Melina, since the beginning of her career as Kyra, has been compared to Lara Croft. She frequently wore a dark, long braid and wore clothes similar to that of the Tomb Raider. Aside from that connection, the ass-kicking and intelligent persona in one that a Diva such as Melina can embody easily.
• PLOT? –
• LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER: A member of a rich British aristocratic family, Lara Croft is a “tomb raider” who enjoys collecting ancient artifacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc. worldwide, and doesn’t mind going through death-defying dangers to get them. She is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, weapons training, and foreign languages - and does them all in tight outfits. Well, the planets of the solar system are going into planetary alignment (Which occurs every 5,000 years), and a secret society called the Illuminati is seeking an ancient talisman that gives its possessor the ability to control time. However, they need a certain clock/key to help them in their search, and they have to find the talisman in one week or wait until the next planetary alignment to find it again. Lara happens to find that key hidden in a wall of her mansion. The Illuminati steal it, and Lara gets an old letter from her deceased father telling her about the society’s agenda (Her father was also the one who hid the key). Now, she must retrieve the key and find and destroy the talisman before the Illuminati can get their hands on it.
• LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE: Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora’s Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss (Ciarán Hinds), an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon. Recruited by British Intelligence to get the orb back from Reiss, Lara recruits Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler), a British marine turned mercenary (and her former love interest) to help. The two embark on an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to regain the orb.