With the fun Uncharted coming out just around the corner, lets discuss the work of Ruben Fleischer, as he sets his talents into the adventure genre.
In Hollywood terms, a successful film is based on its financial success, not critical acclaim. Ruben Fleischer’s work is beginning to take shape and he is becoming more adaptable to industry demands and the audience’s tastes and flavors.
He may not be an auteur yet, but he is beginning to establish himself as one of Hollywood’s go-to men to bring in millions for a studio, his source material ranges from zombies, true stories, video games, and comic book characters, all of which have been mostly successful with audiences and box office results.
Coming off the back of the charming Zombieland, Fleischer has directed several enjoyable yet flawed flicks that have proven well at the box office. A director who makes films for the audience, I believe that the turning point of his career was 2018’s box office smash Venom, solidifying him as a director that can bring in a studio millions based on a risky project with heaps of potential with a leading man of Tom Hardy and a fan base that dates back to generations.
Whether or not you liked the film, Venom was a huge success that spawned a sequel and is now probably a franchise that will intercut with the marvel universe. That’s impressive and this wouldn’t have happened without audiences liking Venom.
Audiences typically responded well to the back and forth between tom hardy and venom, a great dynamic that symbolizes perhaps an embodiment of mental health to which Tom Hardy has spoken about in previous interviews. He would then produce Venom’s sequel Let there be Carnage, which was more of a weird and wacky ride, expanding upon the madness of the original with the wickedly talented Andy Serkis in the director’s chair.
Venom was not only an audiences picture, but it put a lot of emphasis on physical performance. The film got a lot out of Tom Hardy’s strange and diverse performance, differing from some of his more straightforward tough roles in Warrior and The Dark Knight Rises.
His weakest film to date has been 30 minutes or less, but he bounced back with Gangster Squad, ensembling one of cinemas greatest casts since The Expendables. The film had a visual style and a story that was based on true events.
His highest-grossing film thus far has been Venom with a worldwide gross of $853,530,899 and more impressively his Zombieland sequel, Double Tap earned $122,266,018, more than the original back in 2009.
With Uncharted coming out, with all its promising marketing information, I think the film looks exciting and could hopefully break the trend of sloppy video games to film adaptations. Tom Holland and Mark Whalberg are set to be the film’s main leads, this not being the only time each actor has dominated the screen for a film.
Tom Holland is finally catching a break from flying through the streets of Atlanta as one of cinemas most beloved characters, Spider-Man and the career of Mark Whalberg speaks for itself, recently starring in the solid All the Money in the World and Joe Bell.
His use of genre has been mostly flexible, but it seems that he enjoys blending comedy with action and drama. Uncharted seems to be carrying that tradition through with an Indiana Jones cinematic feel, with laughs from Antonio Banderas. The writers have worked on the recent Transformers: The Last Knight, Iron Man, Men in Black International and Punisher: War Zone.
It seems that Fleischer’s work seems to be getting bigger and bigger, with more high list stars and budgets, but more importantly, audiences are enjoying his films. I believe that he understands what audiences want to see from films. I would not be surprised to see his name attached to more superhero projects as it seems only Zach Synder is working on them, as Fleischer seems to be a real actors director as well as craft visual action scenes, both being key components in superhero films.
The writer’s previous work for Uncharted may be considered a mixed bag for critics, but with good direction Uncharted is set to be a rollicking fun ride at the movies with a mega budget of 120 million, set to beat Moonfall, heading straight into financial decay.
Usually, a lot of talented film directors are one-shot filmmakers, meaning they direct a great film but they then fly off the radar and are never seen again. A similar scenario seems to be plaguing John Trank, who made the favorable Chronicle in 2012 but has since struggled to climb his way back into mainstream success with the poor Fantastic Four and Capone with Tom hardy.
Fleischer took a break after Gangster Squad but bounced back with Venom and then Double Tap, which was a sequel most liked and good horror comedy sequels are a rare breed and find in this age of cinema.
Both Zombieland films are available on Netflix UK.
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