Uncharted 2022

AKA - CHARTED: Or How Hollywood is completely UNINSPIRED these days.

It starts off with the middle action scene, I don't know if that was done to grab attention, but it certainly made me realise we're in for a dull ride, filled with poor greenscreen scenes and CGI character replacements.

Marky Mark stands and speaks. sometimes his forehead flexes its curves, doesn't matter, it's just what happens .

Tom Holland shows he did a lot of training for Spider-Man, and we see him do many Spidey things, but in a shirt and without a mask, yet continues to be the apologetic youngling,. Oh and he saves a possibly drowning person, not by blowing into their lungs, but by wishing loudly, I guess consent is needed for life saving ?

It's your standard, Buddy I'm not your buddy, hey you betrayed me, but luckily the other betrayer was betraying the other guy, so I've still got an ally, treasure hunt movie.
Minus a single comedic line. with the most predictable plot you could come up with 10 minutes before the big, I'm-gonna-sell-my-story-but-haven't-written-anything meeting.

There are better, Direct to DVD Disney movies than this.
This is what Indiana Jones 5 would have been if Shia took over the hat.

I thought the dad would be killed in the park, during the talk, I wasn't surprised he was killed 4 minutes later in the car. just disappointed. there's a lovely CG'd fight scene where the knifey woman takes a slam to the floor, her head is slammed hard , the wrong way and should have been instant death, but like the cartoon glass that's been smashed, all is ok

If You want mystery, action, and excitement, watch:
Indiana Jones Trilogy, The Mummy, Romancing the stone, The Goonies, King Solomon's Mines, The Adventures of Tin Tin (if you have the time), Spy Kids, and Hell, even National Treasure.

Faithful in spirit to the games - and let's not mince our words here, the games are phenomenal.

The spirit is there - the wise cracks, the action, the physical comedy.

The plot is fine. A little 2-dimensional and an extra 10 or 15 minutes might have added something there but who knows.

The problem I had was casting. I can forgive Tom Holland as he's a very likeable guy and he has an excellent physicality that makes him half action hero and half silent movie star.

The problem was the casting of Sully - a single delivery Mark Wahlberg who has every opportunity to add some verve and never does; and the casting of Chloe - who in the games is a sultry goddess of a woman. Sonia Ali seems too young, too tomboy-ish.

The teasers for a sequel are fine. PlayStation Productions could have a raft of films and TV that would be like Marvel-lite... Not that the world needs dozens more characters in action-heavy situations...

It was fine. Nothing terrible and there were moments were it felt like a proper swash-buckler... Just a shame on the casting.

Odd thought - I kept thinking of that Matthew McConaughey film where he plays the treasure hunter - was it Saharanor Fool's Gold? - and wondering which came first, Drake or that?

6.75/10

Look, I'm very much in favor of giving directors the creative freedom to put their own spin on whatever they're adapting.
In fact, I think it's quite shallow and close-minded to judge an adaptation against its source material, pretending as if that's meant to be some holy grail of perfection.
That being said: the whole appeal of the Uncharted games in the first place is that they feel like a mix of Indiana Jones and Mission Impossible, with this sassy, horny, shit-talking protagonist at the center of it.
This movie captures neither of those aspects, and replaces them with basic movie tropes.
It doesn't feel like the aforementioned franchises. Instead, it looks and feels like your generic, throwaway action movie that usually stars The Rock (e.g.Rampage, Red Notice, Skyscraper).
Tom Holland plays Spider-man with attitude. He's not playing (a younger version of) Nathan Drake.
Mark Wahlberg plays Mark Wahlberg.

Like, why was this project treated like a tax write-off?
It has everything a Hollywood executive could want: the source material is cinematic, action packed, fun, and best of all: it has a built in audience.
This could've easily been the next big summer franchise if this was given a proper treatment. It should be much easier to get this right than other videogame based adaptations.
So why is Avi Arad producing this? Why is Ruben Fleischer directing this? Why is this script burning through four games of material? Why is the dialogue so clunky and unfunny? Why is the casting so lame? Why does it look like plastic, when the cinematographer of this thing shot Last Night in Soho and Oldboy?
Fuck.

3.5/10

I've been putting off writing this review because I don't really have much to say. It's been just over a month since I watched the film and I'm struggling to remember even the basic plot points, let alone any memorable scenes. It was decidedly forgettable. The entire process felt like a box checking exercise by someone trying to make a globe-trotting, treasure hunter film. We've got maps, we've got keys, we've got booby traps, we've got ancient ruins buried in modern cities, we've got predictable betrayals, etc. It's all been done before, and it's all been done better (shout out to the first National Treasure, which feels like the last film that really succeeded in this genre). The clue following and the mystery solving are token at best, with some combination of hand wave-y exposition and straight up stupid solutions (Tom Holland using both keys to "triangulate" the true treasure location on the map had me laughing in the theater with how absurd it is). The comedy mostly missed, with Tom Holland not able to successfully pull off the Spider-Man style quips with this character (mostly a writing issue I think). The action was unimpressive, with the climactic finale being so eye-rollingly unbelievable that it puts even the most ridiculous video game set pieces to shame. All in all, about what we've come to expect out of video game adaptations. That is to say, a disappointment.

This was okay - a typical action flick, but there were some poor choices made by everyone involved with this movie.

Namely, the ending. Now wtf was that?

Anyone interested in watching a movie about finding treasure wants them to find treasure and make it big time at the end - whoever decided it was a good idea to go with this nonsensical ending should be fired.

If they just waited until Jo left the island before going to the actual hiding place she never would have seen them and they never would have given the actual location away. They could have gotten away with all of their treasure instead of CRASHING THE BOATS AND SINKING IT INTO THE OCEAN. It made no sense at all - especially since both characters wanted to find the treasure and Sully had been looking for it for a long time.

I just can't wrap my head around the decision to take that route. This could have been a great show.

This was the first film I saw in theaters since like.. 2019 so the excitement of the big screen still made the movie enjoyable, but if I watched this at home I probably would have turned it off.

It is a pity. I am very disappointed in many directions.
I do not know where i should start with this review. Before i start writing anything I should say that I enjoyed Uncharted and that is the most important thing on films.There are still a few BUT.
When the movie was announced I expected the masterpiece in all directions. I could not wait for realase in cinemas. Iam very disappointed for cast. The Actors were good but Mark Wahlberg did not fit me into the role of Sulli.. I must to say it.. He is very good actor for sure, in this movie he did good performace, but he did not fit me.. I expected little robbery from the game Franchize in all the directions like epic scene with epic theme from game during that and more a serious film with occasional jokes and great character chemistry, but we did not get any of that..
So much pity... realy... It is completely comedy film where you will have fun and so much laugh, but do not expect any extra quality story with epic scenes and excellent music in the background like in the game Franchize..
There were so many mistakes, but I enjoyed movie and it was not a waste of time... I could be very worse in all aspects..

Cast 6/10

Storytelling 6/10

Characters 6,5/10

Video Prouduction/Cut/Music 6/10

Environment 3/5

Conclusion 4/5

= 63%

Wow, I am honestly surprised by how bad the plot and characters are in this film.
As a premise I would like to say that I have no knowledge of the videogame from which this movie is based, so I can't compare the two things. But I can say that this movie is enjoyable only if you are an easily impressionable kid.
So, Uncharted is a fast paced action/adventure, with a clear objective: to find the lost treasure of Magellano.
The main problem comes from how inconsistent the characters are: they don't really have a personality, therefore you never feel an emotional connection with any of them. Also the plot is kinda just sketched: protagonist solves puzzles because he has to, because he is the main character; things seem to happen because they have to happen, so of course the main character will trust the shady dude immediately, and of course he is a prodigious fighter and parkourer and thief, and has a vast knowledged of history and dead tongues (and I have no idea what kind of life this kid has had because the movie never tells us, he is just "good". Oh, he also descends from pirates, so maybe that's the reason, right?!).
The climax that comes from the "emotional" scene of the main character finally finding the treasure (in the most random cave ever, like how can it be that these huge ass ships where not found by any turist exploring the islands?) is cut short in like 5 seconds. Like, the main character doesn't even have time to actually think about his journey, or his brother, or that his brother knew where the treasure was... none of it matters, because they had to make space for action and chases...
Oh yeah, let me rant about the main chase of this film. I'm sure they thought they were making a big, spectacular thing when they came up with two helicopters holding two ancient pirate ships in the air and chasing each other around.
That choice alone turned the whole movie into garbage to me (and it wasn't great to begin with). It was so stupid that I couldn't believe they really did it. The main villain, which is trasporting the pirate ships full of gold to a safe platform over sea, sees that the second ship is being taken away by the "heroes", and so she orders his men to CHASE the ship. Which doesn't mean that some men took another helicopter and chased the ship, no no. It means they used the same helicopter which was transporting the priceless XVII century pirate ship full of gold to chase the other ship. Resulting in both ships getting destroyed and the treasure lost at sea.
Like, what the fuck was that??? Where's the logic? I'm not a fucking mindless puppet watching a screen for two hours and being happy just to see thing go boom and people fighting!I mean, why couldn't the villain just bring the fucking ship she still had to the safe place and chase the other one with the same helicopter later?! It's not like the heroes could have gone that far without fuel, or a base to which land the fucking huge ass ship, or anything! Oh, let me tell you the worst part: this choice came from the same villain which, upon finding the two ships, said to her thugs: "If you damage them I'll blow your heads", or something like that. So much for consistency!
Wait, you want another exemple of inconcistency? Throughout the film every fucking person the protagonist meet tells him that Sully is a bad guy, that he will betray anyone for money, NEVER TRUST HIM. Guess what? He never betrays anyone in the whole movie, and even saves the protagonist. But guess I'll have to believe them on their word!
In conclusion, if you want an adventure film with a lost treasure and lovable characters watch The Mummy (1999) instead, it's still a better choice after 23 years.

After years of anticipation, the popular video game series Uncharted has finally been adapted into a feature film, with Tom Holland in the lead role. The film features action and adventure, but neither element is particularly thrilling or engaging. Despite holding my attention, I was not fully invested in the story, as the film comes across as empty and soulless. The attempts at humor and lightheartedness often fall flat and the sense of adventure feels off-key. The third act of the film, which adapts a major sequence from the game, provides some thrills and spectacle, but suffers from illogical leaps. The movie is choppy and lacks a sense of place, given its globe-trotting narrative, which is a missed opportunity to create a grand scale and scope. Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, and Antonio Banderas gave performances that lack depth and nuance, particularly Holland and Wahlberg, who seemed hampered by the lackluster script. The film ultimately comes across as generic and underwhelming, reminiscent of 2018's Tomb Raider, but with a hint of a potential for improvement in a sequel.

Después de años de anticipación, la popular serie de videojuegos Uncharted finalmente se ha adaptado a una película, con Tom Holland en el papel principal. La película presenta acción y aventura, pero ninguno de los elementos es particularmente emocionante o atractivo. A pesar de captar mi atención, no estaba completamente involucrado en la historia, ya que la película parece vacía y sin alma. Los intentos de humor y alegría a menudo fracasan y el sentido de la aventura se siente fuera de tono. El tercer acto de la película, que adapta una secuencia importante del juego, ofrece algo de emoción y espectáculo, pero adolece de saltos ilógicos. La película es entrecortada y carece de un sentido de lugar, dada su narrativa de trotamundos, que es una oportunidad perdida para crear una gran escala y alcance. Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg y Antonio Banderas ofrecieron actuaciones que carecen de profundidad y matices, particularmente Holland y Wahlberg, quienes parecían obstaculizados por el mediocre guión. La película finalmente parece genérica y decepcionante, que recuerda a Tomb Raider de 2018, pero con un indicio de potencial de mejora en una secuela.

NOTE FOR MYSELF SO I REMEMBER SOMEDAY, ONLY REPRESENTS MY OPINION/THOUGHTS FOR MYSELF NOT A “REAL REVIEW“, SO YOU PROBABLY WONT AGREE WITH IT

(also its not my 1st language)

7.5

Not as bad as I thought it’d be. Many things are different than in the game(s) but still entertaining. Tom (as much as I love him) wasn’t the best choice but still did a great job, its just that he looks way too young and different from nate, but then again the timeline in this movie is very confusing in comparison to the games.

Like from the ages of nate and sully it takes place in the third (or second, don’t remember 100%) game were they’re both young and met for the first time but in the movie its the story from the fourth game were they’re both older and known each other for many years, so they mixed everything together, which makes a decent adventure action movie, if you don’t compare it to the games.

But I guess they had to do it that way to make one movie for 4 games.

If you’re a big uncharted fan I recommend you watch it, but be prepared that its pretty different. (but ofc there a few things that are nice nods to the games)

If you’re not a fan of the games but love treasure hunting adventure movies I recommend it too, but its nothing groundbreaking.

This movie was pretty much what I expected or rather hoped for. It was a fun adventure/action rollercoaster plain and simple. This is one of those, rare nowadays, movies that are meant to entertain plain and simple. Two hours of adventure, action and twists barely held together by a rudimentary story and no woke rubbish or bullshit preaching. The latter is probably what rendered it a 40% rotten “critics” score on woke tomatoes while the audience gave it a 90% fresh score. As almost always a rotten score on woke tomatoes is an indication that it is a movie worthwhile watching.

The story, as can be seen from the movie blurb, is a treasure hunt a la Indiana Jones. It starts off by introducing the main character, Nathan, in a few brief scenes where Nathan bungles up a heist being perpetrated by his brother after which they are involuntarily separated.

Quick forward to present time and the main story takes off with Nathan being persuaded by Sullivan to embark on a hunt for an immeasurable treasure. Not exactly the newest or freshest of stories but if it works don’t fix it.

Pretty much everyone in this movie is a self-centered scoundrel with little to no care for anyone except themselves. Thus the action and treasure hunting is regularly interrupted by twists and betrayals. No one will claim that this movie has an elaborate and intelligent story. It does not have to. It is just meant to hold the action together.

I quite liked the main actors. Sullivan did a good job of being the blasé, self-centered scoundrel, Nathan of being the somewhat naive wannabe treasure hunter and Braddock was quite cool, and sexy (hey, I’m a guy), as the baddie. Antonio Banderas was Antonio Banderas although I was saddened by his premature exit from the hunt.

Overall the action was nice although the scenes in, and out of, the airplane was the usual unrealistic Hollywood action. Although that was overshadowed with the ship carrying helicopter scenes towards the end which was taking unrealism to new levels. But I didn’t really care because it was fun silliness. The moment they started to carry those ships away I started to hope that the writer would go for the silly and obvious stunt involving black powder. Yes unrealistic but there is no denying the coolness factor.

As far as I am concerned this was two hours well spent. The ending scene clearly suggested that the producers hoped to make a sequel. I would definitely watch it but with all the people lamenting the fact that someone dared to make a movie simply for entertainment without a profound (and boring) story or bullshit preaching in it that might not happen. It did make about four times its budget at the box office though so maybe.

Why the hell doesn't somebody just kill Braddock early in the movie. There are several opportunities. Hell, it isn't even necessary to kill her. Victor could have just beat the crap out of her instead of farting around and pretending to put up a fight with an underskilled opponent. He just plays with her while she is trying her best to be effective. He shrugs her off repeatedly and instead of finishing the fight he just wanders off like she doesn't even exist and is of no consequence. It's obvious in every fight that she is no match for her opponents.

She's annoying and obviously out to kill anyone in her way. Kill her first, or at least put her in the hospital for the next month. The second option involves more suffering. I like that one better.

She's not a well written character and is a detriment to the story. She's not entertaining. She has no depth. She is stupid as all get out (who the hell would take several billion dollars and use it as a weapon when it could easily fall into the ocean and be lost... so absolutely insipid). The character has no on screen presence. She is just a waste of screen time. Literally every other character is better. Her minions have more depth and presence than she does.

Off her and improve the rest of the movie.

8/10
HERE WE GO

I am a massive massive fan of the games,
I've been here from the beginning
with the franchise,
I own them all special editions and
I have bought them all multiple times for
every console release/re-release,
PS3,PS4pro,PS5.
and I play them all multiple times a year and know every word,scene and inch of this
Magnificent Awesome franchise.
In fact I'm actually playing them at the moment,
I'm up to the 4th installment so I would say I
have expert knowledge of this thrilling universe.

First Cons:
I'm not feeling Chloe
at all, she's Amazing frickin awesome in the game
Charming, charismatic
Cool AF and definitely command's and owns every scene she's in
(Chloe even gets her own solo
Uncharted game without
Nate she's that Frickin Awesome,
which is Phenomenal by the way).
The girl Cosplaying her in the movie is just plain unlikeable and I just wasn't feeling
any "Chloe Frazer" in her acting at all,
No not in the slightest.
We need a much better actress to slay the role.
Same for Jo, now she was good and made a decent baddie but she was no
"Nadine Ross" from
Uncharted 4 and
Lost Legacy.
She is a Uber badass
and I mean she can go,
You really don't want to mess with her at all
because she will definitely kick your ass into
next week, are out a window
(Top floor).
Jo from the movie no..just..no, to me she was
The "Wish" version of
Nadine.

Pros: that being said everything else was thrilling and exciting and they definitely did a fantastic job of having the games iconic
set-pieces in there.
Kicking off with the
3rd games set piece
Then into the 4th game
Which they played most
Of this movie out with
Which is ironic because that's how they end the
Uncharted games with the 4th
But kick start the movie franchise
With the body work of the 4th game.
Tom is amazing in any role especially as he does his own stunts
(Wherever he can).
Mark always puts in a
Full solid performance,
love him.
I had concerns about
The casting but by the end of the movie
they both had won me over.
The VFX we're phenomenal, absolutely
Outstanding they definitely
Captured the games
Set Pieces to do them the justice they so rightfully deserve.

There was so many
Nods and Easter eggs
To the games I loved that
So much, even
down to the
Naughty Dog logo
and so many more.

For me this definitely did
what it said on the tin
This was an
Uncharted Movie
and I would not be opposed to the idea of
Some sequels
(Let's have the train
Set piece next from
UC 2 and introduce
Elena Fisher
Nate's future wife
(n mother to his daughter
Cassie).

So much potential can
Come from this
Game-Movie franchise
If handled properly,
This first movie
Was a
Great Start.

Hopefully
Nate Will Return

(Right back to
Playing
UNCHARTED
LEGACY OF THIEVES COLLECTION).

Sony's first, flashiest attempt to convert one of their best-loved video game franchises into a bonafide event film. They certainly picked the right game for the job, as the Uncharted series has screamed for a big budget adaptation since, basically, day one. It's cinematic gaming turned cinematic, uh, cinema, but as we've lost direct control of the action, a bit of the thrill has also gone.

Tom Holland is plucky and slippery in the leading role, tackling a younger version of Nathan Drake than we've ever seen on the Playstation. He handles (almost) all of his own stunts, of which there are many, and carries himself like a genuine baby-faced action movie star. Mark Wahlberg is his backup, a cagey veteran with connections to the hero's lost brother who introduces Drake to an underground world of globe-trotting, crypt-creeping and riddle-solving. Wahlberg is less convincing and less essential, often playing the part of the obnoxious third wheel, and probably should've been killed off in the second act. Instead, they work as a duo to uncover villainous plots, forge uneasy alliances, withstand double-crosses (oh, so many telegraphed double-crosses in this picture) and crack ancient, complex puzzles whilst dangling from their fingertips.

Despite all this, Uncharted still feels bland and derivative. As the games essentially wear their Indiana Jones inspiration on their sleeve, some imitation is to be expected, but the lessons learnt from those films don't appear to have been the right ones and the newer film pales in comparison to its elder. Indy knew how to pace himself, how to patiently linger in a moment for maximum effect, how to derive tension and suspense from a tough spot. For Holland and Wahlberg, it all comes so easily, so quickly, that it may as well have never happened at all. The fight scenes are particularly rough, loaded with so many abrupt cutaways that it can be difficult to keep up. I get that this is the modern way, slicing up footage like a trailer, but frankly, that sucks. You've got a willing young star right there, we've already bought into him as a physically-capable hero, so why deny us the opportunity to watch him trade blows with the heavies? It's a microcosm of the film as a whole.

On paper, this probably sounded great, but in execution it's flawed and lacks feeling. Too slick, too predictable, too over-produced, too hurried to tease us with scraps and hints about adventures yet to come, at the expense of the here and now. As big, dumb blockbusters go, it's acceptable enough, but that's not exactly a steep bar to clear and in no way does it whet my appetite for a sequel. Which seems to be the beginning and end of these producers' ambitions.