Mark Wahlberg stars as Victor "Sully" Sullivan and Tom Holland is Nathan Drake in Columbia Pictures' UNCHARTED. Photo by: Clay Enos Chicago - Here’s the assorted loot you’ll find in the treasure chest of "Uncharted": Two slam-bang action setpieces, some lackluster plotting, a charming leading man turn from Tom Holland, an ensemble of wasted supporting players and a woefully miscast Mark Wahlberg.
Does that add up to a hidden treasure or a disappointing haul? Well, that lies in the eyes of the fortune hunter. "Uncharted" isn’t bad enough to be a bad movie, but not good enough to be a good one either.
And for a highly anticipated video game adaptation that’s been in development for over 12 years (long enough for Wahlberg to have originally been cast as the young upstart rather than the mentor), that makes its long-awaited arrival a bit of an anticlimax.
For better or for worse, what "Uncharted" does succeed at is evoking other, more accomplished action-adventure movies. This is Bond meets "Indiana Jones" meets "Tomb Raider" meets "Pirates of the Caribbean," all heavily filtered through the history-based comedic banter of the "National Treasure" franchise.There’s even a touch of the Tom Cruise classic "Cocktail" in there too.