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<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tom Holland stars as Nathan Drake, a descendant of explorer Francis Drake, who dabbles in studying history and artifacts when he\u2019s not stealing small treasures from bar patrons. He\u2019s recruited by treasure hunter Victor Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to find a stash of lost gold belonging to Ferdinand Magellan. Sully was working with Nate\u2019s brother, who went missing and is presumed dead (feel free to roll your eyes at that presumption). Nate received a series of postcards from his brother, which may be a clue as to where the treasure can be found. Sully really just needs Nate for that one clue, but he also sees that the kid can be useful as a consultant, a decoy, or a temporary ally, but certainly not as a partner or a friend. Of course there will be an arc where the two become uneasy partners and friends.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also after the Magellan treasure is Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas), a wealthy banker obsessed with finding the fortune he feels is his birthright (Magellan reportedly double-crossed one of Moncada\u2019s ancestors). Moncada leads a rival search party along with henchwoman Jo Braddock (Tati Gabrielle), herself a jilted former partner of Sully\u2019s. I know the movie needs an excuse to have action sequences, but it doesn\u2019t make sense that Nate\/Sully and Moncada\/Jo don\u2019t just team up. Nate and Sully have all the clues and know-how, and Moncada and Jo have the resources to actually obtain the treasure. Also in the mix is Chloe Frazer (Sophia Ali), a clue possessor in business for herself, though she\u2019ll form temporary alliances with both sides since she\u2019s presented as a master manipulator, when in fact she has neither side\u2019s strengths. She\u2019s so out of her depth that the movie can\u2019t think of a convincing way to include her in the film\u2019s climactic action sequence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The treasure hunt stuff is lame, the jokes are mostly unfunny, how are the action sequences? Passable. I like the idea of the cargo plane sequence from all the advertising more than I liked the sequence itself, where gravity isn\u2019t factoring in naturally as the characters climb bulky boxes hanging from strained cables. The same can be said of the climactic sequence involving two boats and two helicopters. Great idea in concept, not so much in practice with choppy editing and unnatural special effects. The film is based on a video game, and I\u2019m sure the action works better in that setting, where everything is computer-generated and the world can have its own rules of physics. But in live-action, where the characters need to play by the same rules as the rest of us, this movie isn\u2019t pulling it off. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The opening graphics of \u201cUncharted\u201d indicate that we\u2019re at the dawn of some sort of PlayStation cinematic universe, similar to Marvel\u2019s. Two mid-credits sequences indicate that we\u2019re going to get at least one sequel to this film. I\u2019m fine with the latter, this movie has done well enough on a holiday weekend to justify a follow-up commercially, if not creatively. But the PlayStation people are getting way ahead of themselves if they think they can do what Marvel is doing. Just because they have Tom Holland doesn\u2019t mean they have Spider-Man. Though shooting and swinging from webs makes more sense than some of the climbing in this movie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Grade: C- \u201cUncharted\u201d is rated PG-13 for violence\/action and language. Its running time is 116 minutes<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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