The A/V quality of the Blu-Ray is very good. If you have a surround sound system there is sound coming from all the speakers at almost all times. The movie looks great in HD and the practical effects and CGI effects blend together very well. There is a decent amount of extras included such as a director's commentary track on the movie, about ten minutes of deleted scenes, about forty minutes of behind-the-scenes and making-of featurettes, a portion of Gerard Butler's screen test, and a couple of music videos.
The movie is good, but not great. Some of the action sequences either border on, or jump headlong into the absurd. It is definitely a movie that you can have on in the background and you can easily follow along with what is going on even if you look away for a few minutes at a time. Jolie plays Croft pretty much exactly as she did in the first movie, and Chris Barrie as Hillary and Noah Taylor as Bryce provide the comic relief. It is definitely a "turn your brain off and enjoy it" kind of movie. It requires a lot of suspension of disbelief and certainly, not everyone is going to enjoy it. But, in general, I would say if you liked the first movie you will probably like this one. On the other hand, if the first movie did not do much for you, then this is probably not going to do anything for you either.
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