Hey big raider. Review on Tomb Raider Movie

Five years ago, Lara Croft used six-shooters and silicon graphic sex appeal to conquer the computer screen. Now the spunky tomb raider has set her sights on the silver screen.

The Croft character will come to life courtesy of actress Angelina Jolie and Paramount Pictures when Tomb Raider debuts on June 15. If the popularity of the computer game that spawned the movie is any indication, Tomb Raider could be one of the summer's biggest blockbusters.

The plot of the Tomb Raider movie is highly confidential; at the time of this writing, Paramount Pictures had not yet even released that information to its major sponsors.

Reports among the entertainment media, however -- which cannot resist speculation -- are that the story will pick up where the third installment of the Tomb Raider game series left off. Dedicated gamers should therefore be able to piece together the plot; Lara Croft, our heroine and a famous archaeologist, will be commissioned to find some valuable artifact, and her travels will take her from the ancient temples of the South Pacific to the far reaches of the Anarctic.

Along the way, Lara is sure to encounter numerous life-threatening obstacles, most of which will be placed in her path by her arch enemies, the dreadful but crafty Manfred Powell and his ally, Wilson. Also anticipated is a touching reunion between Lara and her father, who mysteriously disappeared when she was just a little girl.

Such a story line is sure to be packed with action, adventure and eye-popping sets. Think: Indiana Jones on estrogen -- squeezed into a D-cup bra and short-shorts and enhanced with extremely sophisticated visual effects.

For those potential audience members who aren't familiar with the Tomb Raider games, it might help to have a little more background on Lara. So here goes:

Lara is the daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft, a world-famous archaeologist and a noble Englishman. As such, she is reared in the British aristocracy, complete with tennis, butlers and 4-p.m. ''teas.'' Early in her life, however, Lara's father disappears while on a remote expedition.

In his absence, Lara continues to live in her father's mansion in Surrey, England. She attends the best schools and develops into a ''proper'' English woman possessing such attributes as an upper-class accent and an appreciation for classical music.

Following in her father's footsteps, Lara pursues archaeology and -- rejecting her British upper-class society -- takes up ''tomb raiding'' as a past-time. Conveniently enough, she masters a number of skills in her short lifetime -- such as karate, gymnastics and marksmanship - that come in handy in her perilous adventures.

All told, the Tomb Raider movie promises to be a smart, cheeky action/adventure flick, reminiscent of Indiana Jones and James Bond but with a womanly twist. It should appeal to men and women, boys and girls, gamers and non-gamers alike.