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<\/p>\nThe modern Indiana Jones clone Uncharted is a rollicking, fun-filled adventure.<\/p>\n
Nathan Drake was brought up in an orphanage with his older brother Sam, who was constantly getting into trouble. When Nathan was little, Sam took off but promised to stay in touch. He does that through the occasional postcard from an exotic place. Sam was obsessed with finding the gold that he maintains was sequestered by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during his ill-fated 16th century expedition. The loot is said to be worth billions now.<\/p>\n
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Fifteen years later, Nathan (Tom Holland) is a bartender and petty thief with an encyclopedic knowledge of Magellan. Victor \u201cSully\u201d Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) \u2013 who claims he knows Sam \u2013 asks Nathan to join him on a treasure hunt for the gold. They keys are two gold altar crucifixes. One is up for auction, and Sully and Nathan plot a way to steal it. But they aren\u2019t the only ones after the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. So is the ruthless and wealthy Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas), who has hired the mercenary Jo (Tati Gabrielle) to do his dirty work.<\/p>\n
Jo has crossed swords with Sully before and each is aware of the other\u2019s skill set. They\u2019re also deeply suspicious of one another. Holding the second crucifix is another treasure hunter named Chloe (Sophia Ali), who reluctantly partners with Sully and Nathan. High octane adventure follows, during which hijinks and double crosses abound.<\/p>\n
Uncharted may be totally far-fetched (it\u2019s based on a video game), but it has a good feel about it. Director Ruben Fleischer (Venom<\/a>) injects a cheeky cheeriness. Not surprisingly, the path to the treasure is laden with missteps. Hey, getting your hands on billions of dollars worth of gold shouldn\u2019t be easy, should it?<\/p>\n Holland and Wahlberg make a formidable and pleasantly cheesy duo (there\u2019s a smattering of the dynamic between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon about them). Likewise, the duelling women leave their mark. Jo\u2019s hair and costuming yells \u201clook at me\u201d, as does her tenacity.\u00a0 Gabrielle ensures she is a force to be reckoned with. Ali paints Chloe as every bit as slick and slippery as the boys. Steven Waddington makes sure he doesn\u2019t go unnoticed, as the all but incomprehensible Scotsman who enjoys dishing out punishment.<\/p>\n