Tomb Raider: What happened when we channelled our inner Lara Croft at a London escape room

We'll leave it to Alicia next time

Tomorrow (15 March) sees the release of a brand new Tomb Raider film with Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander in the lead role - and to celebrate the new adventure film, The Independent was invited to take part in an escape room where it's safe to say we channelled our inner Lara Crofts (kind of).

The 30-minute, multi-room experience - which featured actual props used in the finished film - was staggering in its scope: we rummaged through drawers attempting to find hidden clues that in turn led us to the next trap-ridden room. We were forced to put our wits together to unlock doors and crack codes with the aid of characters - played with admirable enthusiasm by actors - helping us along.

Not that we realised it but as the escape room went on, we'd traversed three floors with the sound, lighting and special effects combining to make us feel like we were raiding genuine tombs.

Enhancing the experience was the fact that director Roar Uthaug helped creators bring the world to life just a small distance away from some of the film's east London locations, including Brick Lane, which shows the origin story of Croft - far from the seasoned adventurer gamers now know her as.

You can see a highlights reel of our experience above (for those interested, it took us a grand total of 17 minutes and the quickest was 15... we still finished sixth).

Tomb Raider is released in cinemas on 15 March

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