10 Times Lara Croft Went Too Far

5. Outright Murdering A Man With A Smile

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At the end of Tomb Raider 3 Lara has been through a lot. After defeating the terrifying Spider-Willard who can kill her with one hit and escaping the meteorite cavern, you’d understand her doing literally anything to get out of there.

Lara makes her way through a base and fights off multiple enemies including men with flamethrowers. Eventually she makes it to a conveniently landing helicopter and the finale cutscene kicks in. Lara approaches the vehicle and finds a man sat inside, minding his own business. He’s visibly surprised to see Lara but politely smiles. She flashes him a cold grin, pulls out her gun and puts not one, but two bullets into him!

This scene has always been criticised by fans who didn’t understand why Lara would just murder a man who appeared to be friendly and didn’t seem to have any intent to hurt her.

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Simon is a writer, cat dad and presenter of a geeky radio show with his husband. He loves Doctor Who (except 10 who can get in the bin…only joking.) He idolises Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lara Croft and would 100% be a Sith Lord in a galaxy far, far away. He wishes life was like a musical so he’d actually be a good singer.