![]() The choreography is frequently spectacular and is pulled off with genuine flair while the globetrotting locations are used to its advantage by being able to display a variety of indoor areas and outside terrain. ![]() It showcases its highlights with the best aspect of the games themselves - the action setpieces. But that's not to say UNCHARTED isn't exciting or even daring. While the fan film had the genuine cinematic fingerprints of the video games, this feature film substitutes those qualities for a deeper focus on comedy and chemistry and largely succeeds in that regard however, it lacks the sheer thrills and carefully crafted plot points of the games in favour of predictable story beats and a glossy, stylish exterior fit for the 2020s. UNCHARTED manages to find the smallest of spaces in between these two descriptions. It also isn't quite the buddy action comedy by commitee that modern Hollywood has churned out in various incarnations. It isn't quite the natural successor to the Nathan Fillion-starring short film from 2018 and will likely leave many die-hard fans of the franchise feeling frustrated with its characterisation and plot. Ruben Fleischer's UNCHARTED is a film that, much like Tom Holland's young Nathan Drake in the opening sequence, hangs in the balance. ![]() So, does it succeed? That's a complicated question to answer fairly. ![]() After years of speculation and setbacks, on a road that includes a terrific, albeit incomplete, fan film project, UNCHARTED finally makes its way onto the big screen with massive expectations and an abundance of fans ready to burn it at the stake if it so much as gets Sully's facial features wrong. But adapting a video game franchise that happens to be one of the most successful and most fiercely adored out there is a task many in the industry will wince at. Whenever you take on the daunting challenge of adapting a video game franchise for the cinema, you face an uphill battle from the outset. ![]()
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