Film

Uncharted

Name: Uncharted
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Released: 2022
Cast: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderas

Uncharted turns Nathan Drake's globe-trotting video game heists into a breezy big-budget adventure: rooftop chases, cryptic maps, and a betrayal every twenty minutes. Tom Holland brings boyish energy, Mark Wahlberg supplies the gruff mentor snark. It's disposable fun — spectacle over character — best enjoyed as a Sunday-afternoon popcorn watch, not scrutinised too closely.

TMDb rating

6.9

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