Action-Adventure Uncharted

[Kane52630]

My review
At the Movies with Kane and BN

If you take your gamer glasses off, it's a pretty standard action adventure flick. Far better than sh** like Red Notice for sure.

 

[TheVileOne]

My father and I are seeing this Tuesday. I've seen a few clips posted on social media here and there. Looks like whatever, hoping it's fun at least.

I really can't believe that

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the scene we all knew would be the ending with the stupid mustache tease is actually a post credit scene. Leave it to Sony to basically market an entire after credit scene

This is what I hate about sequel baiting.

The film picked a good time to come out when people are still willing to go to the movies and there's not a lot of competition, and a holiday weekend.

 

[Kev4000]

I finally had the chance to watch this. I know nothing about the game Uncharted itself but I think Holland did a good job playing an adult role. The major critic I have with this is picture is the forgettable writing. Everything is basic, predictable or even annoying. Drama isnt interesting, jokes are mostly unfunny and action is not impressive at all. So everything this movie has left is Tom Holland spreading some of his charme. Wahlberg has only one face impression doesnt help either.

 

[Bary]

As a diehard of the games I get and understand certain video games need to change when being translated from consoles to silver screen. However The uncharted aeries was already pretty cinematic in terms of cutscenes and story telling. I like Tom Holland as a younger Drake the more the movie went on but man was Wahlberg miscast as Sully. The story was like a game story but overall kind of forgettable outside a few set pieces and Tom Holland saved this movie for me.

 

[The Caped Knight]

'Uncharted': Nolan North Cameo and Ending Explained - Variety

 

[CB Fan]

A perfectly mediocre movie. I can see where perhaps a sequel will be better.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I love how when a movie has this much bad buzz leading up to it, comments about it being “mediocre” or “average” feel like compliments.

 

[Iceman]

As a diehard of the games I get and understand certain video games need to change when being translated from consoles to silver screen. However The uncharted aeries was already pretty cinematic in terms of cutscenes and story telling. I like Tom Holland as a younger Drake the more the movie went on but man was Wahlberg miscast as Sully. The story was like a game story but overall kind of forgettable outside a few set pieces and Tom Holland saved this movie for me.

If they had done a couple of faithful Uncharted films to kick off, I think people could get excited for seeing a young Nathan Drake spin-off with Holland, and it not feeling like such a strange casting decision. No need for Wahlberg as young Sully though.

 

[Detective Conan]

Sony Celebrates As ‘Uncharted’ Crosses $100 Million At Global Box Office – Deadline

 

[Doctor Jones]

Geez, sorry Uncharted fans. Looks like you might be stuck with this miscast Nathan Drake for who knows how long.

 

[Marvolo]

Geez, sorry Uncharted fans. Looks like you might be stuck with this miscast Nathan Drake for who knows how long.

If they make enough of these, 4 or 5, he will eventually look the appropriate age. In the meantime, he could try growing a five o clock shadow.

 

[FlareKnight]

Sony Celebrates As ‘Uncharted’ Crosses $100 Million At Global Box Office – Deadline

Well I guess Sony proved their point. All you need is an actor that's played a popular character and the money will flow. Not that the movie doing poorly would have done any better for the Uncharted franchise in film. Unfortunately stuck in the position of either succeeding with fairly miscast lead characters or failing and probably never getting another live action film.

But hey. Good for the people that worked on it.

 

[Doctor Jones]

If they make enough of these, 4 or 5, he will eventually look the appropriate age. In the meantime, he could try growing a five o clock shadow.

Oh, great only 4 or 5 Tom Holland Uncharted movies before he still looks like a baby face!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Holland will just never be the character from the games for me but I am sure I can keep them separate in my head if i like the first movie enough.

Throw in Wahlberg as Sully though it may be too much. Gonna try and see this next week to make up my own mind.

 

[MadVillainy]

Not completely surprised by it doing pretty well at the box office. If you're not a fan of the games, it looks just like an average adventure film. There's nothing really offensive about any of the trailers of the marketing if you're not a game fan. On top of that, adding Holland and Wahlberg helped.

I'm still not personally interested in seeing this. But I hope the people who are like it

 

[Brotherhood]

As a fan of the games, I really didn't enjoy the movie, and just wanna say if they go ahead with a sequel, they might wanna put it out after a Spider Man film because I'm not sure how well it would do on its own... the release dates of these two films did a lot for that box office number if you ask me.

 

[Drizzle]

As a fan of the games, I really didn't enjoy the movie, and just wanna say if they go ahead with a sequel, they might wanna put it out after a Spider Man film because I'm not sure how well it would do on its own... the release dates of these two films did a lot for that box office number if you ask me.

That was definitely a calculated move on Sony's part but I also think it benefitted from having virtually no competition at the box office outside of a feel-good movie with Channing Tatum and a dog, No Way Home from the same studio which has been out for over two months, and Scream and Jackass which have been out for a while and are both rated R anyway so, different demographic. It'll more than likely have the top spot this upcoming weekend too before Batman knocks it down a peg.

 

[Asr]

It'll more than likely have the top spot this upcoming weekend too before Batman knocks it down a peg.

all hail The Batman

 

[Ninjablade]

Saw this tonight. It was surprisingly more fun than I expected it to be, which is great. I certainly enjoyed myself. Wahlberg's casting was the most distracting part, especially since I liked the Nate/Sully dynamic in this quite a bit. I found myself laughing at a lot of the humor between them.

Certainly doesn't hold a candle to the greatness of the games, but I wasn't terribly disappointed. The liberties taken were quite a bit, but I thought it struck a nice balance between being familiar to what you know while also being its own take on things. Still, I think I would've liked it more if it was it's own thing and not banking on the Uncharted name.

I also saw it in IMAX, which was worth it. I wasn't expecting it to open up into LIEMAX. Looked amazing when it did. The one take skydiving sequence was cool, and the final set piece looked great.

 

[Iceman]

Holland will just never be the character from the games for me but I am sure I can keep them separate in my head if i like the first movie enough.

Throw in Wahlberg as Sully though it may be too much. Gonna try and see this next week to make up my own mind.

I would have been fine if they just made a new action adventure treasure hunter film (a genre I like and is underrepresented IMO) with new characters. Whatever this achieves, it does so while simultaneously taking a dump on the game’s reputation for quality and established character traits. Imagine years into the future some thinking the film versions are the definitive versions of the characters.

 

[Iceman]

Geez, sorry Uncharted fans. Looks like you might be stuck with this miscast Nathan Drake for who knows how long.

Sony will make another Uncharted game with Holland and Marky Mark’s likenesses.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Sony will make another Uncharted game with Holland and Marky Mark’s likenesses.

Don't give them any ideas!

 

[Gee]

Critical reception aside, it's a solid start for the PlayStation Cinematic Universe.

Zendaya as Elena for the sequel, please.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Saw it yesterday and had fun, obviously we knew going in the film is miscast in regards to the ages of Nate and Sully and their dynamic is different to in the games as they only first meet in this film so their banter and bond isn't fully established like the characters we know and love, but Tom Holland has the likability and everyman charm to be a younger Nate while Wahlberg is ok as Sully, as was Sophia Ali as Chloe. I'm fairly sure Braddock was created for the movie, she was a pretty ruthless villain and I thought

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she had potential to grow in a sequel until the ship dropped on her head.

The tone of the games is fairly well captured and the storytelling blueprint of the treasure hunting adventure is carried over fairly successfully without getting as in depth, but it's breezy, lighthearted entertainment that moves at a fair pace. The cargo plane sequence lifted from the 3rd game is decent but it's the big finale action sequence that shines, with the Skyhook Choppers airlifting the Pirate ships, creating a pretty unique chase and aerial battle. Sony clearly expected the success as the film not only sets up a sequel that will riff off the 4th game, but even throws in a mid-credits scene that will likely serve as the direct lead into the opening sequence of the sequel, and now Nate and Sully's relationship and dynamic is in place I think the franchise has room to develop.

7.5/10

 

[Iceman]

Critical reception aside, it's a solid start for the PlayStation Cinematic Universe.

Zendaya as Elena for the sequel, please.

Holland as Kratos, Wahlberg as Aloy.