Video game movies over the past have not had the same success as video games. This trend seems to be changing with some 2021 hits such as League of legends arcane and the Uncharted movie in 2022.
The movie has a star-studded cast with Tom Holland as Nathan Drake, Mark Wahlberg as Sully & Antonio Banderas. So it does have the key ingredients for a good movie. Although Nathan Fillion was the actor that many fans wanted, I can assure all readers that Tom Holland did a perfect job.
The first 5 minutes of the movie had a similar tone to the games, which would bring back gamers to their first experience with the franchise while also appealing to the Indiana-jones fans out there.
However, the movie is not a 1:1 replica of the games, with many creative differences in the storyline. This innovative change will most likely fit the story in the movie’s 120-minute run time and differentiate it from the games.
There are parts of the story which could have been explained better for example the backstory had less than 15minutes of run time. Maybe the directors could have extended the runtime beyond the 120-minute runtime to appeal to a non-gamer audience.
I should point out that I do have a bias towards longer storytelling from my time playing the uncharted games.
One disappointment was that Sully did not rock his mustache early in the movie. Apart from this minor change, the characters did have a slight change in their personality too.
Like many pop-culture movies, Uncharted has an end-credits scene, so I recommend movie-goers stay the extra few minutes to see what the next film may take our hero to next.
Uncharted is an absolute watch indeed although it does have some drawbacks if you’ve played the Uncharted games so I would recommend going in with an open mind.
