Our two heroes learn to trust each other as their adventure unfolds, even if the road to get there is a bumpy one. Sully recruits Nate to help him track down a golden key that could lead them to a pile of riches, and while history nerd Nate’s curiosity is piqued by the key’s link to Magellan’s 16th century seafaring expedition around the globe, what seals the deal for the movie’s narrative is Sully’s admission that he knew Nate’s long lost brother, Sam. Despite not being as compelling or polished as the games it’s based on, the first big screen Drake adventure is still a lot of fun, and Holland opens the franchise up to a younger audience that may not have been drawn in by video game Drake’s middle aged machismo.Īs in the games, Nate and Sully’s relationship is the heart of the narrative, though the film takes an origin story approach in this first installment. It isn’t a great action movie, but it is a good one. So, if the games essentially out-movie the movies they’re based on, why make an Uncharted movie in the first place?Īs it turns out, Uncharted, starring Tom Holland as Drake and Mark Wahlberg as his conman mentor Sully, does in fact manage to justify its existence. Even the games’ protagonist Nathan Drake, voiced by Nolan North, is as charismatic and likable as any movie action hero you could name. It may seem like a natural transition for Uncharted, one of the most cinematic game franchises in history, to be adapted to the big screen, but the games aren’t just movielike in their presentation they’re every bit as well-made and entertaining as the Hollywood action movies they pay homage to, if not moreso.
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