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LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER- 2001 Action, adventure, fantasy Directed by Simon west

From the start Lara (Angelina Jolie) is represented as a strong and powerful female. In the opening there’s a medium shot of guns strapped around her thighs which represents the phallic symbol and makes up for what she hasn’t got in terms of what truly represents being masculine ie, the penis. Further more she also sleeps with a knife which also represents the phallic symbol. Through out the movie she is represented as an empowered female role model, but a some points she is presented as a sex object, for example shortly after the beginning there’s a shower scene which really has no impact on the narrative of the movie, but is there for male gaze. Lara’s enemy in the film is a man called Manfed Powell (Ian Glen), Lara’s costume through out is quite revealing where as his is nearly always covered up. There is also a contrast of Black and White, Lara’s cosume mostly being white, connoting good and Manfred’s costume being nearly always black connoting evil. In the end good triumphs evil and the women wins where as the man dies, showing strength in females.