Written by Rafe Judkins, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway.
Directed by Ruben Fleischer.
★★½
Uncharted follows the tradition of National Treasure and Red Notice, of people hopscotching around the world looking for valuable treasure in a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, nor does it try to elevate the genre. It is what it is and no more.
Tom Holland plays Nathan Drake, a young man who studied Magellan with his brother but is now a bartender/petty thief. He gets a job offer from Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg), a treasure hunter who knew Nathan's long-lost brother. He wants Nathan to help him find Magellan's treasure.
There's a lot of double-crosses in the film, and they never really explain why Nathan's so good at hand-to-hand combat. A brief shot of him exercising covers it, I guess. The final chase scene / fight showdown would have been comfortable in Jungle Cruise.
It held my interest throughout, and it's fun to watch Tati Gabrielle (You) play a heavy. It leaves itself wide open for a sequel with two mid-credits stingers at the end. It's fine. It's okay. I've never played the game so can't speak to how faithful or unfaithful it is with the source material. Catch a matinee or wait for it to stream.
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