Uncharted Director Says the Movie Marks a Return to the Globe-Trotting Adventure Genre

Uncharted director Ruben Fleischer says that the movie brings the spirit of movies like Nationaly Treasure back to the big screen.

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According to Ruben Fleischer, Uncharted will bring back the “globe-trotting adventure” genre that hasn’t been seen since National Treasure: Book of Secrets. The director of the Tom Holland video game adaptation is set to bring big action set-pieces and fun thrills to the big screen on February 18th, and while video game movies haven’t always hit the mark early reviews have all agreed that there is definitely a fair amount of spectacle in the movie.

While speaking to Uproxx, Fleischer discussed how Uncharted was his chance to build a big adventure movie around the basic premise of the video games. Although the movie will stray from the storyline of the games, the general feel of it will certainly mirror the humor and sense of jeopardy that players have come to expect from the franchise. He said:

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“Well, my point being is that it’s a genre that they just don’t make that much anymore. So, I approach this more as somebody who got to make a treasure-hunting, globe-trotting adventure, more than a video game adaptation. And while it was based on a game that, lucky for us, it was incredible source material with a great sense of humor and some of the best action set pieces in all of video games. But, at the end of the day, I knew I had to make a movie that would be entertaining for people, whether or not they’ve heard of the game or anybody else. […] I mean, National Treasure was, I think, the last one.”

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Uncharted Brings The Spirit of Adventure Back To The Big Screen

When it comes to escapism, cinema has always been the best place to allow audiences to forget their normal life and be whisked away to foreign lands for a couple of hours. From Indiana Jones, to The Goonies and National Treasure, there have been many movies that have taken cinemagoers across the world in search of treasure and mythical items, and that is certainly coming back with Uncharted. The trailer has already given a glimpse of some of the crazy set piece moments like Tom Holland’s Nathan Drake falling out of an airplane on the hood of a car and there is clearly a lot more of that kind of high-octane action to come.

Uncharted is pitched as a prequel to the game series, so this is a much younger version of Drake and along with Victor Sullivan, played by Mark Wahlberg, he will just be finding his feet as a treasure seeker on a quest to discover the whereabouts of his lost brother. Having been in development for a decade, and going through numerous script changes and directors in that time, there is no doubt that if the movie manages to bring a reasonable return when it arrives in cinemas next week, then we could be seeing a lot more adventure from Nathan Drake in the future.

Uncharted goes on general release on February 18th, and will be looking to steal the box office crown from this week’s big hitting Death on The Nile.

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