Uncharted

Year of release : 2022

 

Run time : 1h56min

 

Genre : Action / Adventure

 

Cast : Mark Wahlberg, Tom Holland, Antonio Banderas

 

 

The movie is adapted from the Uncharted video game franchise released in 2007.

 

The movie starts with an action scene filmed in the air( probably in front of the green or blue screen ),while off an airplane, as the leading character wakes up caught in the cargo which is pulled by the flying plane,which was apparently taken from the video game. He also has this ridiculous fight in the air ,jumping around the cargo boxes,which looks amazing and would have made sense if he had superpowers or was in the Matrix,but as a normal guy,I doubt anyone can pull it off.

 

Right after,we're taken down memory lane,quite a few years into the past ( 15) to meet the young lead and his brother,who are into treasure hunting.

His brother disappears on him,as they were into the job of stealing things,and he didn't want to go to jail.

 

In the present,Mark Wahlberg's character looks him up,asking him to help him find the lost treasure of Magellan. Because he was friends with his brother,sort of..At first,Drake refuses ( he didn't have much to look forward too,either,he was a bartender who was stealing from the rich),but the perspective of following his brother's footsteps,finding a treasure they both spent their childhood dreaming about,makes him accept the offer.

 

Unlike the other reviewers, I actually liked the movie,but it became repetitive and annoying seeing how they kept on double crossing each other,and how no one could be trusted.

 

Antonio Banderas was wasted on this movie. He had a small role that anyone could have played.

The villainess of the movie is unattractive and mean,a bad combination. She is also looking too young to command a team of men.

 

Chloe Frazer was annoying,always given opportunities,and always betraying them,even after Drake saved her life!

 

The action scenes were fine,so was the acting, and the visual effects. Problem was,that paying attention to details the movie is not so great anymore. Like,for example,this temple that no one found for centuries,was right next to a club! They literally went inside through the club!

 

Rating : Could have been a contender !