Tomb Invader

Low budget but has enough 'action' to keep at least one eye open, as per the production company copies a big budget film, so no surprises ie Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider character copies etc... there is enough cheese here to make one giggle throughout. Not to be taken very seriously...

The heading for this review is an actual line from the movie, it's how a reporter introduces themselves before asking someone for an interview, "I'm a writer from the paper", brilliant, just brilliant.

This movie is from The Asylum and if you haven't heard of The Asylum they make knockoffs of big budget movies using as little money as possible, when Transformers came out they released Transmorphers, when Pacific Rim was released they released Atlantic Rim, and now with the release of Tomb Raider we have Tomb Invader.

All the usual suspects that you'd expect from an Asylum production are present in this movie, a cast of nobodies who can't act, cgi that would have looked bad in the 90's, terrible directing and a lousy script, it's just your typical terribly bad Asylum film.

Knowing very well that this is another movie by The Asylum, there is immediately a warning bell tinkling at the back of the mind. But still there is a morbid curiosity to watch these movies, despite knowing well enough that it will most likely be a horrible experience.

However, it turned out that "Tomb Invader" was actually not as bad as it could have been, given its company track record. With that said don't get me wrong, because this was definitely not an impressive movie either. The production value of the movie was good, and it was clear that The Asylum had upped their game here. But the storyline was generic and rather uneventful, which made for a prolonged and rather boring movie.

The acting was adequate for a movie such as this, so at least that made the experience all the more smooth to deal with.

The special effects in "Tomb Invader" were not overly great, but served their purposes well enough.

This movie is hardly a movie that you will watch more than once, provided you even get through it the first time.

I gave 2 stars instead of 1 just because of the fat guy.

Anyone who watches an Asylum film expecting anything more than absolute schlock (the un-funny kind) really has been hiding under a rock for the past 20 years. Tomb Invader doesn't disappoint when it comes to low-budget, poorly-scripted, minimally-produced Asylum footage.

It's surprisingly not the worst of their films. It's almost halfway nearly decent. The script is terrible, but the acting isn't bad (in fact Samantha Bowling does an unexpectedly good job of it). The CGI is awful and the running around endless caverns is ridiculously time-wasting. The jokes fall as flat as a body that's been stone-rolled, and the ending is as un-brilliant as ever. But it's not actually "Asylum" bad... which is unexpectedly not absolutely terrible. It is a waste of time and has no redeeming factors, but it's not dead skunk. Better than most Asylum films, but It's still a "watch when you've got absolutely nothing better to do" brain-veg film.