A failed movie franchise

During the last 5 years, Jake Gyllenhaal has becoming one of the most interesting actors of his generation giving some really acclaimed performances along the way ('Southpaw','Nightcrawler', 'Prisoners', 'End of Watch',...). However, at some point, his ambition seemed to be also a blockbuster star. Indeed, in fact, he was even set to replace Tobey Maguirre in 'Spider-Man 2' but, it didn't happen and, eventually, he finally got his shot with this massive Bruckheimer production. So far, most video-game adaptations had been pretty much useless so far but it could have worked with this video-game though. I remember playing the very first version which was very minimalistic at a friend's house when I was just a kid and this game was definitely one of my all-time favorites. Indeed, there was some great potential to create a neat story from this source. Unfortunately, the end-result was rather underwhelming. Basically, this movie was just a Pirates of the Carribean-wannabe. Again, Jake Gyllenhaal is a very nice actor and he tried very hard but he was no Johnny Depp (even though it doesn't mean much nowadays) and the story was rather convoluted. It could have worked but it just did not. So, there won't be any sequel this time after all, Mr Bruckheimer ! Anyway, for a blockbuster, it is still not that bad and I think it is still worth a look but don't expect anything really amazing.

6/10