Review: ‘Uncharted’ Proves That Video Game Movies Still Lack Originality

Video game movies have a decades-long reputation of being less than stellar, to put it nicely. For the most part, it is difficult to translate the active experience of playing a video game to the passive experience of watching a movie. In this way the new film Uncharted, based on the PlayStation game franchise of the same name, does its best to create an immersive experience for the viewer but ultimately sacrifices plot in favor of action sequences. 

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Review: ‘Spenser Confidential’ is a Mediocre Film, But a Great Homage to Classic Action Flicks

2020 seems to be the year of action film throwbacks. First we had Bad Boys for Life, then the sadly-delayed back-to-basics Bond film No Time to Die, and now, we have the Netflix exclusive Spenser Confidential, the fifth action collaboration between Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg. Continue reading “Review: ‘Spenser Confidential’ is a Mediocre Film, But a Great Homage to Classic Action Flicks”