Uncharted is one of the best action-adventure video game franchises. It was like an interactive film that was inspired by films such as Indiana Jones and National Treasure. So it isn't too surprising that it got a movie adaptation. However, video game movies are known to be bad so I didn't have high expectations. Does Uncharted continue this video game movie curse or finally break out of the mould?
The biggest thing I enjoyed about this film is the action sequences. They are fun to watch even though they are defying physics. The thing is though that the big action set piece is just ripped from the game. Tom Holland is a charismatic lead and it is clear he is still great at being the main lead in the film. It was also clear that Tom was giving 110% in the role. Antonio Banderas was also pleasant to watch as the villain. I love the charming yet cold nature of his performance.
However, Tom Holland just doesn't feel like Nathan Drake. His character is shown to be a thief at the beginning which fits Nathan but then afterwards he becomes a saint that won't give in to greed. Nathan was never the perfect guy in the games and was kind of an a-hole at times. He also had fun quips and tend to complain about the absurdity of the situation but in this film, he is lacking in all of these qualities. The same can be said for Chloe and Sully played by Sophia Ali and Mark Wahlberg respectively. Sophia gives a fine performance but her character just keeps being very dislikable and Mark is just playing himself so Sully just ends up being bland. Antonio was doing great as the villain and had clear motives but he is replaced by Tati Gabrielle who is just underwhelming and lame. In the end, the characters are all underdeveloped and uninteresting.
Another amazing aspect of the game was the action set pieces. They were just visually so awesome and Drake always felt like he was in danger and could die. This is not the case in the film. Drake never feels like he is in any mortal danger and this could be due to the silly weightless and slapstick feel of the action. There is also a fight scene at a Papa Johns that feels so shameless and blatant in product placement. Additionally, the story and writing feel so basic and predictable. The writer just copy and pasted the typical treasure hunting plot from previous movies with slight changes and called it a day. The interactions between the characters aren't funny and lack the heart that was seen in the games. Every scene of talking is either pointless or just saying exposition. Due to this the movie has so many moments where the pacing just slows completely.
Overall, Uncharted (2022) is a soulless cash grab that inherited none of the qualities from its source material. It doesn't try to do anything original or even crazy and just plays completely safe which is just disappointing. The Uncharted franchise has always been about these over the top set-pieces but the director would rather be more interested in copying it and not doing it as well. That is the best description of this movie, doing everything that the game and previous treasure hunting movies have done but not as great. It did well at the box office so is likely to get a sequel but I sure hope it isn't like this first outing.
Plot summary
Street-smart Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. What starts as a heist job for the duo becomes a globe-trotting, white-knuckle race to reach the prize before the ruthless Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas), who believes he and his family are the rightful heirs. If Nate and Sully can decipher the clues and solve one of the world's oldest mysteries, they stand to find $5 billion in treasure and perhaps even Nate's long-lost brother...but only if they can learn to work together.
April 26, 2022 at 11:55 AM
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It feels like a very soulless cash grab
Doesn't do the games justice, by any stretch
Ideal for fans of Tom Holland and devil-may-care treasure hunts, "Uncharted" is a solid action movie with crazy stunts, beautiful locations and surprising star power. It's a good reason to leave the house for that big-screen spectacle that we all live for. If you've never owned a Playstation, that's really all you need to have a good time.
. . .
But sweet merciful Jesus, this is not an Uncharted movie and that is a torpedo that sinks the whole thing. Because to have that, you need Drake and Sully, and both Holland and Mark Wahlberg are way off; they're not even close. They don't look like these characters and they don't sound like them, despite the mid-credits afterthought of a scene that's supposed to satisfy this requirement.
And as a result, I have to admit, I was bored to tears. To the movie's credit, it picks up considerably in the third act, and even goes nuts in the set piece department (that airlift scene was pretty cool). But to make us wait ninety-odd minutes for Drake to even pick up a gun is ridiculous.
I admit personal bias in the strongest sense; this series of games makes my desert-island list, no question, and I wanted to be surprised by this. It just didn't happen, and I couldn't make these actors fit these characters. As it stands, that Nathan Fillion fan film from a few years back (I'm serious, go watch it) still reigns supreme. I try to be a movie-goer that steers clear of fanboyism, but it didn't work here. And it was not fun.
Can popcorn movies be any less ambitious?
36/100
Uncharted is Sony's latest attempt to fit an acclaimed franchise with 42 hours of content and story into just 2... Make your own judgment from that.
It's funny to think that, no matter how hard you try, these days you cannot adapt a video game into a film, and vice versa. While one tries to be as efficient as possible with his limited time, the other can pack as much information as it can in order to become more extensive or ambitious.
This indicates that, even if someone has the courage to adapt something like the Uncharted series to the big screen, whether they wanted to or not, they must summarize, or flatly ignore, certain plot points to prioritize others. The problem is that this selection process has such a complex naturalness that, with a single mistake, it can feel like the film is trying to contextualize as much as it can, ignoring not to feel overwhelming.
Even if that is your purpose, you have to be subtle. Uncharted binned that advice completely.
From European villains to straight up pirate ships, Uncharted feels like one of the least ambitious popcorn flicks I've come across in quite some time.
The plot seems to have been invented while the filming process of the film was being executed, which would not surprise me at this point if it were true, while clinging to the mediocrity of the actors' work. The same ones who clearly did not want to be part of the film in the first place.
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not bad.
What the actual phuck is the point of subtitles if they're just going to say [Speaking Spanish]. Useless motherphuckers.
there is part 2
The Lost City
7/10
@pistiyawaka shut up! its still in cinema, just go see it and stop asking or ill spoil it on every thread you post this on
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Thank you Freeman. Though I did not really enjoy this movie it was still worth a 1 time watch. Any chance to get "The Northman" uploaded?
Also, this could be a bad sign of things to come when it comes to PlayStation games turned into movies and possibly even the series they make.
Meh. I'll just stick to the game's story. Tom Holland just doesn't fit into the Nathan Drake character and so does Mark Wahlberg as Sully and it won't matter if they edit the movie and add a digital moustache on his face.
Boring movie
Being a non-gamer, I enjoyed the movie, it kept me entertained. I would recommend it. Its a good watch.
DOCTOR STRANGE 2 PLEASE!!!! I LOVE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO MAKING THESE MOVIES
They had to make this an ORIGIN movie, when it could've been much better served with Nathan Drake as a seasoned explorer / adventurer right in the middle of treasure / artifact hunting ala Raiders of the Lost Ark style. Helmed by an actor ages 35-40. Anyway, a sequel is about 3-4 years away, though I hear Wahlberg isn't too eager in being part of this "franchise."
There isn't any action. Its game is wonderfull. Movie is boring 5/10
Hello When I download this movie, it's duration is 1:55:50. But in stream was written 1:55:51. Why there is different???
Watched 30 minutes and got boring, thanks
4.3 actually
morbius plsssss
maangas
best and super experience with this movie. skip the bad reviews and sit and watch the film.
Can't they ever make movies that don't show post credit baiting scenes for a sequel? Does every big budget movie in Hollywood have to keep doing that just to spawn a cash grabbing movie franchise?
BLACK ADAM please Freeman
Boring.
It seems game fans have a big problem with this film, but I watched it with my family of non-gamers and we all enjoyed it. Easy to watch Saturday night family film, plenty of action and safe laughs.
Unengaging, kind of childish and totally wrong casting (except for Wahlberg and perhaps Banderas). 3/10.
It is good enough to keep you entertained if you don't know anything about the game, but if you know about the game, there is nothing UNCHARTED about it. It is a terrible movie, every action scenes are predictable that made me skip those scenes. I'm not sold nor impressed with Wahlberg's performance as Victor Sullivan, it is just basically him in every movie he made. The banter among the leads is tiring to watch as well. Great copy, FREEMAN.
It's cute they thought there is going to be a sequel to this big "meh". They even put post credit scenes and all like Marvel. Cute...
waste of time, couldnt even watch it all, could have been so much better they had everything to make a great movie
wow very disappointing indeed 2/10