Womb Raider

First time writer/director Randolph Scott brings us this soft-core romp take off on the Angelina Jolie-helmed "Tomb Raider" franchise. The 'plot' as it were has Cara Loft (the hard-bodied and sexy Lauren Hays) on a mission to find three sacred artifacts scattered around the globe for the mysterious Dr. Scrotus. Because of some supremely atrocious dubbing, I recommend that you watch this with the mute on. It won't detract at all from the numerous lesbian couplings the film graces us with and your ears will thank you. This is a fairly solid soft-core film there will never win any awards, but gets the job done none the less. Plus it's STILL better than either of the (thus far) two Hollywood "Tomb Raider" films.

My Grade: C+

Special Edition DVD Extras: A trailer for "the Girl Next Door" plays at the start of the DVD, it CAN'T be skipped over; Behind the scenes featurette; gallery of production shots; a promo trailer for this film; & trailers for "On-Line", "Gory Gory Hellelujah", "Wasabi Tuna", and "Always Say Goodbye"

With a title like "Womb Raider" and a heroine named Cara Loft, I wasn't expecting TOO much from this movie; I just hoped it would be funny, erotic or adventurous, or even (best case scenario) all three. Unfortunately, it fails on all counts. The numerous (and exclusively girl-on-girl) soft-core scenes are actually pretty boring (I know what you're thinking: "lesbian sex boring? Is that even possible?" Watch "Womb Raider" and you'll find out), mainly because most of them have no build-up or emotional tension to them. There are not many attempts at humor, besides the heroine's name and an Indiana Jones gag, though there are some unintentionally funny moments, like when stock footage and sounds of wild animals try to convince us we're in Africa! And there isn't much action or adventure, either: about 90% of the non-soft-core-scenes consist of endless walking....and walking....and walking....and walking. Lauren Hays does a passable impression of Angelina Jolie and has a great body that she doesn't mind showing off in the nude at every opportunity, but that can hardly make up for the boredom the rest of the movie induces; "Womb Raider" is just not much fun. * out of 4.

OK, the guys who made this movie knew what they were doing, and with a larger budget I wonder what kind of movies they really could make. The cinematography is fantastic (equal to grade A movies). The editing is extremely well done (shots fade and clip to other shots smoothly and follow music well.)

Grade B should not me low budget or bad...humour is a definite plus when making a b movie.

I think this movie was designed to be a B movie because these film makers could easily pull off an A style movie.

This movie is up to par with another independent favorite: Evil Dead.

However, if you're looking for hard core, you might be disappointed. This movie does not have spread eagle leg shots or penetration showing. (Im a huge fan of that, but since the scenes were sooooooo hot, I did not mind sitting through and watching this film from beginning to ending)

GET THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Womb Raider is more a sexy homage to Tomb Raider than a typical softcore "porn parody". The editing, cinematography, and overall production value are significantly above average for the genre. There's an actual plot and dialogue, and Cara probably spends more time with her clothes on than off.

If you're looking for something that's entirely erotic, look elsewhere. But if a skin flick with a plot interests you, I'd definitely recommend checking this out.

Cara Loft (Lauren Hays) is asked by the evil Dr.Scrotus, who claims to know details about the death of Cara's father, to obtain 3 priceless artifacts. Cara goes on the search for these in the Arabian desert (where it is so hot she has to take her clothes off), the jungle of Africa (where it is so wet she has to take her clothes off), and in a Tibetan temple (where she is asked to take her clothes off during a ceremony). You get the director's cunning scheme by now. Honestly, I didn't expect much from the movie and only watched it because I'm such a Tomb Raider loony, but I was pleasantly surprised. First, the locations are well chosen, from the desert to the mountains. Second, the music composed exclusively for the movie fits well. Third, 35 year old Lauren Hays is a pretty cool Cara, if you keep in mind that famous game demands not only killer looks, but also the knowledge of an experienced archaeologist, so casting a blue-eyed girlie for this role would have destroyed everything. The movie would have needed a stunt expert for better action scenes, though. Nevertheless, if you consider how tiny the budget probably was compared to the official Tomb Raider movie, everybody did a good job to entertain you. OK for a rainy day home.