Please, Please Can We Stop Making Bad Video Game Movies

Starring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander as the legendary Lara Croft, the film reboot of Tomb Raider was released this week.Adapted from the 2016 Tomb Raider, itself a reboot of the iconic video game franchise, the film is an origin story which thrusts Lara into unexpected adventure and sees her emerge the fearless, fighty grave robber we know and love.Aside from the apparent erasure of two influential women of colour that appear in the game, the main problem with Tomb Raider seems to be it’s