UNCHARTED MOVIE REVIEW

What’s Tom Holland gotta do to get a great role he’s perfectly cast in? Other than Spider-Man, of course. Fans of the Uncharted video game series have been very loud since the casting was announced with Tom as lead Nathan Drake and Mark Wahlberg as his mentor/sidekick Sully, that these were weird choices. And I know fans can be obnoxious about this sort of thing, but here, Chris, Mike, Wright, and Drew felt they were right. It IS weird casting, and it DOESN’T really fit. But this is what we got. The story follows a young (obviously) Drake first meeting Sully and going on an adventure to find the lost gold of Magellan in a race against time with a scheming rich guy (Antonio Banderas) and his #1 flunky (Tati Gabrielle). Everybody constantly screws over everybody, Drake hangs off of pretty much everything in sight, and eventually, Drake and Sully start to trust and even like each other. It’s both not that far from the games and WAY off course at the same time. Our reviewers admit (except for Drew) that it was hard to be completely objective due to their huge love for the games, but they did their darndest to be fair.

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DIRECTED BY: Ruben Fleischer

STARRING: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderas, Rudy Pankow, Manuel de Blas, Alana Boden, Steven Waddington, Pingi Moli, Nolan North, Pilou Asbæk

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin, Texas in 1992, where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal small ville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two,