POSITIVES
If you're looking for a treasure hunting action-adventure, that has good pacing, and a compelling enough narrative, then this is a perfectly solid movie to check out. It knows what it is, it's limits, and does a fine enough job being entertaining in doing what it’s doing.
Tom Holland is charming as heck playing Nathan Drake, and I really enjoyed seeing him do all those parkour moves on screen. Sophia Ali as Chloe Frazer is also a fun character to watch here. Plus Tati Gabrielle makes a fine antagonist as Braddock.
This movie has several good set pieces, from the heisting, the chasing, the clue finding, to that big action sequence during the third act.
I overall liked the lighthearted tone and humor of this movie, and those smart ass lines.
Fans of the video game franchise that this is based on will have fun with the easter eggs and references.
NEGATIVES
Doesn't exactly add anything remarkably fresh to the table in the treasure hunting want-to-be-Indiana-Jones genre of movies. You would think there are some inspired and ambitious themes and ideas here, but there really isn't.
Still falls for the same mistakes most movies in this genre make. We in the movie watching audience actually want the chance to play along with the clues to finding the treasure. Characters in the movie solving the puzzles simply because the plot demands it are just not as engaging as they should be.
Are a lot of the things that happen in this movie a bit unbelievable or too convenient? Yes.
Mark Wahlberg continues to just play the usual derivative character that he plays, complete with the seemingly forced banter and nonchalant attitude because he thinks that's supposed to be ssoooo entertaining to watch.
The deaths and murdering of people here all seems a little too casual. Especially when the most remorse you'll get from our protagonist is a “sorry.”
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