Posted 1:46 PM by Gene

Tomb Raider & Jeep Cross-Promote Onscreen and Beyond

Hmmm. And the story goes on:

In case you’ve steered clear of movie theaters this summer, or have succeeded only in “Finding Nemo,” here’s a rundown of the season’s cars on film:

--Cadillacs and other General Motors vehicles storm through “The Matrix Reloaded.”

--All variety of imports, modified virtually beyond recognition, set a very bad example in “2Fast 2Furious.”

--Modern Mini Coopers reprise their role as getaway cars in the remake of 1969’s “The Italian Job.”

--A carload of mutants go on the lam in a Mazda RX-8 in “X2: X-Men United.”

--A Toyota Tundra holds its own against a fleet of emergency vehicles and a crane under the murderous command of a terminatrix (who — when not traveling through time — occasionally slums it in a Lexus SC 430) in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.”

And what do nearly all these movies have in common? Either they've bombed or done disappointingly at the box office.

Think there's a connection,

JACK?