Review of Uncharted (2022) by Jluis_001 — 18 Feb 2022

Uncharted benefits quite a lot from the charisma brought by Tom Holland. Which is more than positive considering that he is the face of the film, but it's worth noting that this is basically the most important thing he can offer to this role, mostly because the script doesn't give him elements to prove otherwise. It's too early to say that as an actor he doesn't have much range, but Cherry was not a good showcase for him in that regard, and in The Devil All the Time with only one scene. Robert Pattinson completely devoured him.

Uncharted is a film that tries in every way to be fun.

It tries to be expansive, it tries to be and feel really big, and even though I really didn't want to mention this, because the film doesn't have to look like the video game, the video game itself has an aura the film simply can't replicate.

I think the casting outside of Holland and Mark Wahlberg was pretty bad.

Antonio Banderas gets completely squandered as one of the villains, while Tati Gabrielle completely lacks the credits and skills to be the real villain the film required.

I was basically watching her do the same thing she did in the Sabrina show for Netflix.

Acting cheeky and seductive just doesn't cut it. Even for this story.

And Sophia Ali share's no chemistry with Holland. The main strengths of this tale lie in its action sequences, and some of them are pretty great, but they don't quite make up for its biggest gaps. The narrative feels completely made as it goes along, and while it's well known that a film like this doesn't need a big plot, you can't offer something so thin either. The problem here isn't that it doesn't offer entertainment, because it does, and for some people that will more than enough, but to me it felt like a soulless entertainment, that lacks wit, charm and spirit.

Uncharted feels empty, despite its visual spectacle. Which upon completion will leave no lasting impression.