Film Review

Uncharted (2022)

Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a lost fortune amassed by Magellan.

Adapting PlayStation’s Uncharted games has been on the cards for so long that actors have aged-out of the lead role. Mark Wahlberg himself was set to play Nathan Drake at one point before now taking the older mentor role of Sully. Now, finally, fans of the video game franchise can see if director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) has succeeded in translating what works for an interactive medium to the more passive filmgoing experience.

For the fellow uninitiated, Uncharted follows “fortune hunter” Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) and his mentor Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Wahlberg) as they try to find various treasures. This particular film works as a prequel to the games — the same approach taken with Tomb Raider (2018) — with a younger, street-smart Nathan working as a barman while stealing customer’s jewellery, before being convinced to help Sully find the lost treasure of the famous Magellan expedition. Along the way, they face treacherous rivals like Chloe Frazer…