One question: Where’s the jocularity?

To read some of the Web sites devoted to Lara Croft — this , for example, or this — you’d think that she were actually alive, instead of being merely the protagonist of a video game .

Regardless, the second Lara Croft movie — “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — The Cradle of Life” — feels about as much like a video game as a Boca Burger tastes like a Big Mac . In fact, this sequel by Jan de Bont lacks the one thing that a video game needs most: a sense of fun .