Uncharted
Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Written by Rafe Jenkins, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas
Release Date February 18th, 2022
Uncharted stars Tom Holland as Nathan Drake and more and more I am enjoying Holland as a screen presence. Having grown weary of the quip machine action heroes that have dominated the last two decades of Hollywood action, Holland’s more cerebral and achingly emotional action hero feels refreshing. Holland’s Nathan Drake can be funny but he’s first and foremost a pro with a good head on his shoulders. He’s not flippant and doesn’t just go for the joke when one is available. Holland has an unforced charisma that makes an otherwise dreary exercise in the action genre, more entertaining than I was expecting.
Uncharted starts fast with our hero, young adventurer, Nathan Drake, falling out of an airplane. It’s the kind of wild and wooly stunt that has made Tom Cruise one of the most entertaining action heroes in the genre. We watch as the scene is set for one of the major action set pieces in Uncharted before we flashback to how our hero got to this dangerous spot. It’s a little clichéd but, as I said, Holland makes the familiar refreshing with his performance.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
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