The modern Lara Croft, in both the games and the 2018 movie, is too human. She’s a young college girl who just loves archaeology and gets pulled into perilous situations against her will. When she is forced to kill someone for the first time, she literally starts sobbing.
That is certainly how a real person would react, but it is so far at odds with Lara’s classic character. While Tomb Raider’s original marketing oversexualized Lara, the games did not victimize her. Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider movies got that right and showed her enjoying her adventure.
