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 a 2003 novel written by Mike Resnick; "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Lost Cult", a 2004 novel written by E. E. Knight; and "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze", a 2005 novel written by James Alan Gardner. Lara Croft has appeared in three motion pictures. The first, "", released in 2001, follows Croft as she encounters the Illuminati, a group searching for a relic able to control time. The film depicted Croft's backstory differently from the version in the early games. In the films, Lara Croft's mother died in a plane crash and her father disappeared in Cambodia;