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Welcome back to Thrak Attack, what's your adventure? Today's adventure takes us on an adventure around the world with an iconic video game character Nathan Drake from the Uncharted video game series. The series is fantastic and proves it by having 4 entries in the main series and some spin offs. Does this film do it justice? We shall find out.

First off all, the opening Playstation movie logo got me excited for more Playstation movies! I am currently playing through Horizon Forbidden West and would love to see Alloy on the big screen! But then the movie starts...in a scene that takes place 3/4th's through the movie that immediately cuts back to the beginning of the story. I understand that that is the most famous scene from the Uncharted games and that the director wanted to grab the audience from the start but that was not the way to get my attention. It also put a huge emphasis on the necklace that his brother gave him but that never became important.

What I like about this movie is it does a great job with the action sequences and the sense of adventure. There is a bar fight in Barcelona that is my favorite scene in the film and some of the places they go are pretty stunning. It also does a great job with it's villains and proving that no one in this story is a good guy, not even Nathan Drake.

What I don't like about this film is Mark Wahlberg as Sulley. Not that I don't like Mark Wahlberg but he does not work in this role! His chemistry with Tom Holland is abysmal and they keep trying to make banter off of each other and it doesn't quite land. They carry a few jokes all the way through but none of them really work. Again, the best part of this film is Antonio Banderas's character and Tati Gabrielle who I want to see a lot more of! 

With that coupled with a few good references and bad references to the game, this movie falls flat because it hinges upon Drake and Sulley's relationship that feels forced and unearned in the end. 

Uncharted gets 5 out of 10 with points in set design, plot, costuming, acting, and overall feeling. 

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