Uncharted - 5.5/10
From the
get go, Unchartered is a movie no one asked for. Perhaps when the games were
just out or when Nathan Fillon would have been cast as Nathan Drake. It’s a
rather forgettable movie which has Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. It’s not a
terrible movie neither was it great. I guess it was just too safe.
When the
casting was out for Unchartered, I’ve always felt Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg
were a terrible choice as Drake and Sully. Tom Holland basically rehashed
Spiderman into Nathan Drake. The script and the deliverance of it were nothing
like the video game Drake. Even the cameo of the actual VO for video game
Drake, was better than Tom Holland’s.
Mark
Wahlberg is not a good actor. He is hardworking. Yes. But he can’t act for
nuts. Wahlberg usually is good when he co-stars. He thrives off the other actor
and that’s what usually makes a good Mark Wahlberg movie. For example, movies
like The Other Guys, Ted and Daddy’s Home, there was chemistry between the
actors. In Unchartered, his acting was just plain lazy. His line deliverance
was boring and there wasn’t much chemistry between him and Holland.
The script is very dull. There were only a few moments in the movie, which made me smile. The action sequences were ok. I enjoyed the most was the fight choreography. That wasn’t too bad. Somehow the whole movie seems manufactured. I don’t feel for any of the characters even though I know them from the games. They were all rather forgettable. There were quite a number of different directors and most of them left due to creative differences. Maybe that was the case why the movie wasn’t that good. In fact the short fan made movie with Nathan Fillon as Drake was way much better. Unfortunately that short film was not endorsed by Song and Naughty Dog.
All in all
Unchartered was just simply ok and nothing fantastic. Don’t bother watching it
in the cinema. Just wait for it to stream.
