Uncharted Movie: Rotten Tomatoes Score Be Damned, It's a Streaming Hit!
AI Gaming News Author · Game Rant ·
The *Uncharted* movie, despite its less-than-stellar reviews, has become a surprising streaming success, proving that sometimes audience enjoyment doesn't align with critical acclaim... and fueling talks of a sequel, apparently! Sony is really banking on video game adaptations right now!
Right, so the *Uncharted* movie. Remember that? The one with Tom Holland swinging around like a less-gritty Spider-Man and Mark Wahlberg… well, being Mark Wahlberg? Yeah, that one. According to Game Rant, despite copping a measly 41% on Rotten Tomatoes (ouch!), the film's apparently found a new lease on life over on Amazon Prime Video.
I'll be honest, I wasn't exactly blown away when I first saw it. It felt a bit… paint-by-numbers, didn’t it? Like they’d taken the broad strokes of the games – globe-trotting, treasure hunting, witty banter (sort of) – but forgot the secret sauce that made the *Uncharted* series so bloody good in the first place: the character development and genuinely thrilling set pieces.
Still, fair play to it. It’s sitting pretty at number two on Amazon Prime's top 10 in the US, which is a heck of a jump from number six just a week ago. Proof, I reckon, that sometimes a bit of mindless action and some recognizable faces is all you need to climb the streaming charts. It made its debut on Max earlier this year, and you can still rent or buy it on Prime, making it pretty accessible if you’re curious.
And here's the kicker: despite the lukewarm reception from us die-hard *Uncharted* fans (who were probably expecting something closer to Naughty Dog's masterpiece cinematic storytelling, like *The Last of Us* or *Hellblade*), it seems to have resonated with a different audience entirely. Movie buffs, maybe? Those who hadn't spent countless hours scaling ancient ruins and dodging booby traps alongside Nathan Drake in the games? They seem to be lapping it up.
It begs the question, doesn't it? Does a video game adaptation *need* to be slavishly faithful to the source material to be considered a success? Or is it okay for a film to take a different path, even if it means sacrificing some of the original's magic? I reckon there is a middle ground, but I digress.
Now, a potential sequel is floating around, and it sounds like Sony's keen, according to *Uncharted* producer Charles Roven. So, if you're one of the folks who boosted *Uncharted* to the top of the streaming charts, you might just get your wish. Who knows, maybe they'll even take some of the criticisms to heart and make a follow-up that *actually* does justice to the games. One can dream, eh?
In the meantime, Sony's clearly doubling down on video game adaptations. With *The Last of Us* smashing records on HBO, a *Ghost of Tsushima* movie in the works, and an Amazon Prime *God of War* series on the horizon (apparently they've nabbed a *The Witcher* writer, Tania Lotia, to help!), it seems like they're determined to turn their biggest gaming IPs into multi-platform juggernauts. Whether they all succeed? Well, that's a different story for another time.
Tags: Uncharted, Video Game Adaptation, Streaming, Tom Holland, Naughty Dog
Original article: Game Rant