This week, "Uncharted Seas", starring Dutch brother and Mark Wahlberg, landed in mainland theaters.
Curiously, the film did not choose to be released on Friday, but waited until Monday, March 14.
Understand the film's unspeakable secrets, and as a compensation, saturday and Sunday films have begun to be screened on a large scale. After such a long hollywood movie famine, if you want to see a pure popcorn movie, this is a good choice.
The Dutch brother had many different plays before "Spider-Man", but entering the reunion had advantages and disadvantages: after deeply binding Spider-Man, he urgently needed another blockbuster movie to prove his box office appeal.
So Uncharted is crucial for both Dutchman and Sony.
Judging from the finished effect, they did a good job, and the open ending indicates that the film may become another "gold-sucking beast" series of movies for Sony.
Nathan and Sam grew up in an orphanage, and once the two brothers ran into a catastrophe, Sam had to escape alone. For fifteen years he sent Nathan postcards from all over the world, and his brother kept them well.
He grew up to be a bartender, and at the same time, he was highly skilled in stealing and solving puzzles far beyond ordinary people.
On this day, Sam's partner Sullivan approached Nathan to help him in his quest for the treasure of gold hidden by Magellan 500 years earlier.
Moncada, on the other hand, was convinced that he was the rightful heir to the treasure, as it was his family that financed Magellan's voyage.
So the two groups raced against time to crack the clues and embarked on a treasure hunt around the world.
The plot is probably such a plot, which is a very standard Hollywood-style treasure hunting genre film. There are many shadows of "National Treasure" and "Indiana Jones" in it, and even the lines simply pay tribute to the latter.
Taking the treasure hunting movie as the coordinate system, because of the existence of classic old predecessors, and the relaxed and funny style of "Uncharted Sea" and "Indiana Jones", it is difficult for the film to make any innovation at the story level.
So Ruben Frescher, the director of "Zombie Paradise", simply did the spectacle to the extreme.
Whether it is the first-hand transport aircraft battle, or the pursuit of the pirate ship in the air, the brain hole is still quite large.
The characteristic of Ruben's work is that the media evaluation may not be stable, but the popcorn index is definitely super high. This time, "Uncharted" and his "Venom" have a serious break in Rotten Tomatoes freshness and popcorn index, so it also reminds friends not to have too many unrealistic fantasies about the quality of the movie.
The action is obviously borrowed from the kung fu juggling of Jackie Chan's movies, making full use of the terrain and environment to design fights. In terms of fluency, it is not necessary to say that there are several purely functional fight scenes, which have no meaning to the plot.
Solving puzzles and finding traps in barcelona's church underground is very game-like, although I have not played Uncharted because I do not have a PS console, but I can think of many game scenes from the Temple of Zelda and Tomb Raider.
Including the game level on the transport plane that I heard was also a replica of the game, I believe that fans of the game will be much more excited than me.
This has to mention another attribute of the movie, that is, the game adaptation.
Today's games, especially the AAA blockbusters on the console, are moving closer to movies. But the reverse output is not done well, and the game adaptation film is almost a punch, and rarely achieves high box office and high reputation.
"Warcraft" and "Prince of Persia" also lost money because of the huge investment, and since then, although there have been occasional game adaptations of movies released, compared to comic films, it can be said that this genre is a film that can be played.
"Uncharted" cost $120 million, barely an A-grade production, and the money was spent where it was watched, which is already a mid-to-high level in the game adaptation.
However, the shortcomings and advantages of the film are equally obvious, so it still cannot become a new benchmark for game adaptation.
Or back to barcelona puzzle solving, the logic of the game is to go around in the secret room, you can find a way to crack the mechanism.
This works in the context of the game, but it seems pediatric and procrastinating to change it to a movie.
Clues appear without systematic logical analysis, almost by luck and patting the head.
Just as perfunctory as the puzzle is the gag joke.
Mark Wahlberg and the Dutch brother are not very chemical, especially Mark, acting in any movie is the same state, the key is completely unfunny.
Dutch brother inherited part of Peter Parker's broken mouth performance, but to my surprise, I can clearly see the personality difference between Nathan and Peter, and not once brought in the "Spider-Man" look and feel during the movie.
In general, "Uncharted Seas" is a very ordinary popcorn cool film, whether it is placed in the reference frame of the treasure hunting movie or the game adaptation movie, it cannot be regarded as a superior work.
But maybe hollywood entertainment movies of the same type have been seen less recently, at least the viewing process is still very relaxed and joyful.
The setting is a bit laid-back, but it's still within the acceptable range, and popcorn lovers shouldn't miss it.
Well, "Uncharted" talks about this. This week must be happy and busy, not only "Spider-Man: Heroes No Return" online, but also "Youth Metamorphosis" and "West Side Story" to see.
Next week, the real main dish "New Batman" will also land in mainland theaters. If you have time, I will also pick and talk about these popular new films, and the interested friends should not forget to pay attention.