Despite his refusal to fight back, Lara takes a bow and some arrows to head back to the camp. Richard patches up her wound and is upset to find out Lara didn't burn his research as he requested, and now Trinity is closer to Himiko. Although he believes Lara to be a hallucination at first, he knows it's her and they tearfully reunite. To her surprise, it is Richard, very much alive. She then sees a mysterious figure in the woods and follows him to his hideout. The merc finds Lara, but after a fight, she kills him and is mortified at what she's done. Vogel sends one of his mercs to find Lara, just as they have found the tomb's location, but still need someone to unlock it for them. She crashes down into the forest and is seriously injured when she gets something stuck in her abdomen. The plane starts to break when Lara finds a parachute and manages to pull it as she falls. They chase after Lara, who ends up falling in the river and is almost swept away over the falls until she hangs on to a crashed airplane hanging over the falls. Lu gives Lara a chance to run when he knocks out one of the mercs. They, along with a whole group of workers, are put under hard labor, and when one man falls behind due to exhaustion, Vogel shoots him dead. Vogel claims to have killed Richard and then forces Lara and Lu to work for him and his mercs to locate the tomb. He has been leading an expedition for Trinity to find Himiko's tomb, but hasn't been able to return home to his family until he has concluded his search and brought back what they want. Lara wakes up to meet a man named Mathias Vogel (Walton Goggins). Knowing the ship won't survive, Lara and Lu hop off and try to get on a lifeboat, but Lara ends up being washed away to an island where she is knocked out by a mercenary. On the journey to the island, the pair encounter a ferocious storm. She requests that they sail to Yamatai to find out just what happened to them, and she gives him the money she earned as payment. After passing out, Lara wakes him up and learns that her father went off with Lu Ren's father and they both disappeared. Lara manages to run by Lu Ren's boat, where he scares the punks off with a rifle, but also because he is drunk. Lara catches up to them and manages to get her bag back, but one of the goons tries to take it back with a knife. She arrives at the docks and has her bag stolen by three street punks. Lara travels to Hong Kong to find a ship captain named Lu Ren (Daniel Wu). Lara then knocks coffee on his balls for being a jerk. She only gets 10,000 pounds at first, and when she tries to get more, the greedy shop owner, Max (Nick Frost), knocks it down to 8000. Lara goes to a pawn shop to get money for an amulet that belonged to Richard. He requested that Lara destroy all of his research because a company called Trinity is after his work and may threaten the world if they find Himiko's tomb. She finds a video camera with a message from Richard, detailing his search for Himiko's tomb and the history of her legend. Lara opens her parents' tomb and finds a room full of her father's research. Inside is a message and a key from Richard that directs her to go to the family's tomb. In the morning, Lara goes to her father's company to claim her inheritance when she is presented with a puzzle box like one she used to play with as a child. Lara has spent the last seven years waiting and hoping Richard will return home, but everyone has figured he died. She tells Lara that her father's shares of his company are about to be sold off unless Lara claims them herself. Lara is bailed out by her former guardian and her father's old business partner Ana Miller (Kristin Scott Thomas). This distracts her and causes her to run into a police car, leading to her arrest. Lara rides through the streets and narrowly evades the bikers until she spots a man on the streets that she believes to be Richard. Lara then heads to another location with some friends of hers that challenge her to a "fox hunt" - Lara is supposed to carry a fox tail on the back of her bike while a team of bikers chase after her. Lara is later told by the gym's owner that she's behind on payments and he can't keep letting her show up without paying. She tries her hardest against her opponent but must ultimately tap out. We jump to the present where Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is at a boxing gym. Richard plans to learn more about Himiko's secrets, but he fears leaving his daughter behind. Her generals overthrew her and buried her body on the island of Yamatai to prevent her evil from spreading. The story goes that she held power over life and death, and one touch from her was enough to kill anyone. The film opens with the voice of Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West) telling the legend of an ancient sorceress named Himiko.
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