Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003)
Directed by Jan de Bont
Lara Croft chases a stolen orb that maps the way to Pandora's box, from a sunken temple off Santorini through Shanghai and Hong Kong to a hidden crater near Kilimanjaro.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Luna Temple, underwater≈ 00:02:00Santorini, GreeceStated on screen
An earthquake uncovers Alexander the Great's Luna Temple, where Lara finds the orb only to have it stolen.
- 2Croft Manor (fictional)≈ 00:14:00InferredFictional
MI6 asks Lara to recover the orb before it reaches the weapons dealer Reiss.
- 3Prison≈ 00:22:00KazakhstanInferred
Lara frees her former partner Terry Sheridan from prison to help her.
- 4Shanghai, China≈ 00:40:00Stated on screen
Lara tracks the orb to Shanghai, where it is handed to Reiss and she plants a tracker.
- 5Reiss's laboratory≈ 00:55:00Hong KongStated on screen
Lara and Terry break into Reiss's lab and escape by leaping off a skyscraper in wingsuits.
- 6Kosa's village≈ 01:20:00Mount Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaStated on screen
- 7The Cradle of Life (fictional)≈ 01:32:00Stated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 39,922 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 6
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 39,882 km
- On foot: 40 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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