"Uncharted" Strikes Gold in Theaters
The video game prequel-turned-film, has been a hit since its release on February 18.
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
The video game prequel-turned-film, has been a hit since its release on February 18.
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
From “Indiana Jones” to “National Treasure,” the wild adventure trope is one that has been a part of many movies throughout the years. Now the mantle has been passed on to the newest wild adventure, “Uncharted,” the prequel to the PlayStation 4 video game “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.”
A 500-year old lost treasure and two rival teams racing around the world to find it. After being enlisted by experienced treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan, played by Mark Wahlberg, thief Nathan Drake, played by Tom Holland, goes on an around the world treasure hunt, looking for the lost gold of Ferdinand Magellan before it is found by Santiago Moncada played by Antonio Banderas, and his partner, Braddock, played by Tati Gabrielle.
Despite its bad reviews, I found “Uncharted” to be better than the critics’ opinions. The story was well-written and was engaging the whole time. The fight scenes and the stunts were probably the coolest part of the whole movie. Half the time Nathan is getting his butt kicked, but he found a way to fight back. The stunt work done by the actors was also really good. Every stunt was more complicated than is seen in other explorer movies.
Like most wild explorer movies, there is always the question of what will happen next? What is the big secret? When will there be a betrayal? Will the characters finally start trusting each other? The answer to the latter is of course, no. In any explorer movie, no one trusts anyone, even if it’s their partner. The only person you can trust is yourself and only yourself. That is seen quite a lot in “Uncharted.” Sully only really looks out for himself and what he wants, he doesn’t really care about Nathan. So seeing the untrustful, yet comedic dynamic between Nathan, Sully, and the third member of their trio, Chloe Frazer, played by Sophia Taylor Ali, was really entertaining.
Being able to see Tom Holland in a role other than the famous Spider-Man was really cool as well. Holland’s character was still quite similar to Peter Parker in a way, with the witty remarks and being one of the smartest people in the room, but the two characters were still very different. The one downside to “Uncharted” was the plot was kind of predictable, so it made watching the movie less enjoyable to watch. Before the end of the movie was even near, it was easy to guess what would happen, but it was still vague enough where you didn’t know what would happen.
Even those slightly annoying, predictable moments made the movie more fun and more interesting to watch.
Overall, it was still a really good movie to watch. Like any prequel or any movie in a series, “Uncharted” ended with a cliffhanger, giving hints and clues to what might happen in the next movie. The post credit scene was the perfect way to end the movie and also gave a little insight into what might happen next. To anyone who enjoys crazy, wild adventures around the world, “Uncharted” is a movie I recommend to watch.
“Uncharted” is currently playing in movie theaters.
A 500-year old lost treasure and two rival teams racing around the world to find it. After being enlisted by experienced treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan, played by Mark Wahlberg, thief Nathan Drake, played by Tom Holland, goes on an around the world treasure hunt, looking for the lost gold of Ferdinand Magellan before it is found by Santiago Moncada played by Antonio Banderas, and his partner, Braddock, played by Tati Gabrielle.
Despite its bad reviews, I found “Uncharted” to be better than the critics’ opinions. The story was well-written and was engaging the whole time. The fight scenes and the stunts were probably the coolest part of the whole movie. Half the time Nathan is getting his butt kicked, but he found a way to fight back. The stunt work done by the actors was also really good. Every stunt was more complicated than is seen in other explorer movies.
Like most wild explorer movies, there is always the question of what will happen next? What is the big secret? When will there be a betrayal? Will the characters finally start trusting each other? The answer to the latter is of course, no. In any explorer movie, no one trusts anyone, even if it’s their partner. The only person you can trust is yourself and only yourself. That is seen quite a lot in “Uncharted.” Sully only really looks out for himself and what he wants, he doesn’t really care about Nathan. So seeing the untrustful, yet comedic dynamic between Nathan, Sully, and the third member of their trio, Chloe Frazer, played by Sophia Taylor Ali, was really entertaining.
Being able to see Tom Holland in a role other than the famous Spider-Man was really cool as well. Holland’s character was still quite similar to Peter Parker in a way, with the witty remarks and being one of the smartest people in the room, but the two characters were still very different. The one downside to “Uncharted” was the plot was kind of predictable, so it made watching the movie less enjoyable to watch. Before the end of the movie was even near, it was easy to guess what would happen, but it was still vague enough where you didn’t know what would happen.
Even those slightly annoying, predictable moments made the movie more fun and more interesting to watch.
Overall, it was still a really good movie to watch. Like any prequel or any movie in a series, “Uncharted” ended with a cliffhanger, giving hints and clues to what might happen in the next movie. The post credit scene was the perfect way to end the movie and also gave a little insight into what might happen next. To anyone who enjoys crazy, wild adventures around the world, “Uncharted” is a movie I recommend to watch.
“Uncharted” is currently playing in movie theaters.