Summary

• The
  Uncharted
  The film deviates from the source material, but the post-credits scene with the game-accurate costumes works well.
• The casting of Holland and Wahlberg makes them too young for the main characters, which is a missed opportunity for a prequel adaptation.
• A sequel has been hinted at that will focus more on the source material and hopefully learn from the success of the first film’s post-credits scene.

2022 Uncharted The film deviates quite a bit from the original, but the one time it actually tries to be faithful to the game series, it is frustratingly accurate – which was probably my most annoying thing about the whole film. When I found out that Tom Holland was going to be the leader of the Uncharted When I took on the role of live-action star Nathan “Nate” Drake, my first instinct was that Sony would make a prequel-style adaptation. When it turned out that wasn’t the case, my confidence in the project dropped significantly.

I think Holland has done a good job in Unchartedbut as a fan of the games, I found his age and acting choices too far removed from the original character. Therefore, I found the changes quite distracting. The same goes for Mark Wahlberg’s Victor “Sully” Sullivan. Sure, Wahlberg’s interpretation of the character was nothing like Sully from the gamesbut he did what was asked of him well. The changes to the Uncharted Game made the movie very mediocre for me, but it at least gave a small spark of hope for the future.

The post-credits scene of Uncharted with Nate and Sully was very strange

Sony’s Uncharted adaptation did everything right for a short time

I sat there the whole time, Uncharted I tried to enjoy the adaptation for what it is. For the most part, I managed to find the good moments among all the disappointing creative choices. The post-credits scenes, however, made me raise my eyebrows. The film’s final sequence with Nate and Sully looks like it was lifted directly from the games.

Throughout the adaptation, Holland’s Drake wore the simple but recognizable hero outfit from the game, while Wahlberg’s Sully’s wardrobe was nothing like that of his digital counterpart. In the post-credits scene, both film versions of the protagonists wore game-accurate costumes from a specific era in the game’s canon, complete with Sully’s mustache is now connected to Mark Wahlberg’s face. I thought it was really cool, but it also left me pretty confused.

The fourth game in the series features flashbacks showing how Nate and Sully met, so they are both much younger.

The outfits of the characters in the post-credits scene are from Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The fourth game in the series features flashbacks showing how Nate and Sully metso they’re both much younger. Compared to the rest of the film, creating such a faithful moment in the present rather than the past created a strange dissonance in terms of the choices made during the adaptation process.

Uncharted 2022 should have been completely like the post-credits scene

The live-action film “Uncharted” should have done justice to the age of its stars

One of my biggest criticisms of the Uncharted The film’s problem is that all the main characters are too young, but the oddly awesome post-credits scene fixes that. Tom Holland may not look or act like the modern-day Nathan Drake from the games, but he would be the perfect live-action casting for the younger Drake from Uncharted4The same goes for Mark Wahlberg as Sully.

One of my biggest criticisms of the
Uncharted
The problem with the film is that all of the main characters are too young, but this is compensated for by the oddly great post-credits scene.

2022 Uncharted does not follow any of the main storylines from the source materialso there was no point setting it in the present. With Holland and Walhberg on board, I think it would have been better to focus on events that took place before those in the games – even if the canon of the film universe was separate from that of the source material. I firmly believe that this approach would have been much more effective than simply having the cast grow older in the present.

Uncharted’s post-credits scene suggests that Uncharted 2 can be much better

The unconfirmed (but likely) sequel to Uncharted needs to keep a closer eye on the source material

Sony’s decision to adapt Uncharted while it didn’t contain any recognizable elements other than the character names, was a decision that didn’t benefit the overall project. For fans of the games like myself, it seemed like a lot was missing. Conversely, those unfamiliar with the source material unknowingly missed out on what could have been a great action-adventure story played out on the big screen. While Uncharted2 has not yet been officially confirmed, Wahlberg confirmed in an interview with Screen Rant that the script is finished.

Hopefully the sequel can capitalize on the effectiveness of the post-credits scene from the first film. In the same Screen Rant interview Wahlberg also hinted that he would continue to wear Sully’s signature mustache. from the games. This gives me hope that Sony has written the script for Uncharted2 with a more watchful eye on the source material – even if it will still be strange to see these versions of the characters in the present rather than the past. If so, the second Uncharted The film could be a huge improvement.