Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action-adventure film based on the "Tomb Raider" video game series. Angelina Jolie stars as the titular Lara Croft character with supporting performances from Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger, Djimon Hounsou and Simon Yam. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, the film was directed by Jan de Bont and is a sequel to the 2001 film "". "The Cradle of Life" received mostly negative reviews, though critics noted
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider several writers, which resulted in production delays. In 1998, writer Brent V. Friedman, who had co-written "" the year before, penned an unproduced "Tomb Raider" script. Producer and screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, who wrote and directed the 1994 video game film "Street Fighter", penned an early draft of the "Tomb Raider" script in 1999, but it was rejected by Paramount. The final draft of the script was attributed to five writers, including director Simon West. "Lara Croft" was financed through Tele München Gruppe (TMG), a German tax shelter. The tax law of Germany allowed investors to take an instant