Vikander humanizes Lara Croft the way that Harrison Ford humanized her obvious predecessor, Indiana Jones. Her Lara may be the most grounded and believable cinematic video-game protagonist I’ve seen (she’s based on the rebooted, origin-story version of the original game), and since we buy her as a person, the movie is actually that much more immersive. She comes off as an imploring, impulsive young woman who’s in over her head but will beat the odds anyway. In “Tomb Raider,” she doesn’t come off as an action star (the way the toned and implacable Jolie did). Vikander, small-boned and olive-skinned, has a delicate, contemplative quality that’s strikingly European.
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