A delightful performance by Tom Holland, and spectacular locations including Alicante, Valencia, and Barcelona, may not make for a CGI stunt
A delightful performance by Tom Holland, and spectacular locations including Alicante, Valencia, and Barcelona, may not make for a CGI stunt
It’s replete with clumsy, pointless CGI and criminally derivative. while it’s all true unsolvedBased on the surprisingly popular game, as well as a delightful performance by Tom Holland as Nate Drake, spectacular locations including Alicante, Valencia, Zubia and Barcelona, secret messages written in invisible ink and postcards.
There is something very romantic about a postcard; It’s almost there that animal-hide old explorer’s notebook posts and whatnot, and dark, medieval maps with squiggly lines and photos of monsters lurking in the deep.
Nate and brother Sam, the ancestor of the original Indiana Jones, Sir Francis Drake, dream of getting their hands on Magellan’s great treasure – the theory being that he circumnavigated the world not for fun but for gold. His travels were financed by the wealthy and powerful Moncada family. Magellan died before completing his journey. His captain and 17 crew members found the treasure and completed the voyage.
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Director: Ruben Fletcher
Cast: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sofia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderasso
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Story line: A 500-year-old treasure hunt attracts its particular brand of sly
Sam leaves 10-year-old Nate behind with a promise to return for her. 15 years later, Nate is a bartender who is having small-time hustle and bustle when he is approached by veteran treasure hunter Sully (Mark Wahlberg), who claims to be working with Sam, and tries to get Magellan’s treasure. Needs Nate’s help. There’s an auction, (and a chance for everyone to dress up), a fearsome mercenary henchman named Braddock (Tati Gabrielle) who speaks in a super-thick Scottish accent, and the last various members of the Moncada clan (Antonio Banderas). There are kinds of evil.
Treasure hunters make repairs in Spain to find a church and a vault, which contains a pair of golden crosses that are actually keys, and a map where X may mark the spot. Nate and Sully catch up with Chloe (Sofia Ali) in Spain and they solve 500-year-old mysteries like all the good Tomb Raiders in popular culture.
Some of the stunts are suitably jaw-dropping, including the opening sequence where there’s a lot of fighting between people, crates and a beloved car falling off a plane and 500-year-old ships crashing into the air. However, the CGI has blurred all the stunts. The sky was never the limit for the imagination, so wonder why CGI renders everything plastic.
There is an obligatory middle and end-credits sequence indicating the sequel is where Nate and Sully can take part in the crew. red notice, While one would have expected more creativity from director Ruben Fleischer, who led Anandamayi Zombieland, unsolved Movies are a tolerable way to spend time.
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