Heart-stopping action begins in the very first scene of Uncharted, the smashing new adventure film from Columbia Pictures. Tom Holland is now the Number-One Star in the world after coming off his super hit Spider Man film, and so he must continue doing death-defying stunts that scare the stuffing out of audiences. Jumping out of a plane is scary enough, but having the cargo contents, including a beautiful red Mercedes, fall on top of Holland makes for one of the best action scenes ever filmed. And that’s only the beginning. He is not wearing a parachute!

Take your heart medicine with you to the theater because there is no let-up in this buddy-adventure-heist-comedy film with two of Hollywood’s action stars—Mark Wahlberg being the other—outdoing each other for getting into impossible scrapes that would grind an ordinary man into tiny grains of dust.

As a young boy Nathan ( played by the engaging Tiernan Jones), he looks up to his older brother Sam ( handsome teen Rudy Pankow) for guidance and adventure. Nathan grows up to become Tom Holland (!), a gregarious young guy looking for his long lost brother. Instead he hooks up with the nefarious rogue Victor, (Wahlberg) a former helicopter pilot who is now looking for treasure in lost Spanish galleons. Enter film star Antonio Banderas, who plays the heir to an influential Spanish family and who is up to no good. He looks great in white suits, though. Tanned. (Probably Max Factor Number 27 Bronze).

Naturally, this quest for lost gold under the sea leads to unstoppable action, impossible-to-get-out-of scrapes, and mishaps with questionable ladies. One such Amazon-like lady is the stunning Tati Gabrielle as killer Braddock, who wants the gold more than do the boys. A character straight out of James Bond, the statuesque beauty is no-one to trust. Holland’s character Nathan somehow gets hooked up with the beautiful Chloe Frazer, who also has her eyes on the gold. She is played by San Diego-born Sophia Ali, 26, of Pakistani heritage and best known from TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” But give her a gun and she’s off to do in the boys at any chance she gets. You just can’t trust those beautiful women today.

There is some stunning stunt work done for the stars, and kudos should go to all the men and women who seemingly risk their lives to create eye-popping action and death-defying predicaments nobody in his right mind would ever get involved in unless paid handsomely by the studio.

The aerial work is also stupendously noteworthy. Never before have we seen Spanish galleons swung through the air by helicopters on the verge of crashing at any minute. Gee whiz, how do they do all that?

All the action, shooting, crashing, exploding and physical maiming is done with a touch of humor and whimsy that lightens the seriousness. Tom Holland is usually the foil for the comedy, and he handles it with charm and grace. Of course, he is a person everyone wants to hug.

Beautifully filmed in Spain, the dazzling colors and ocean scenes will have you calling your travel agent as soon as you get home.

This film is, without a doubt, the best action adventure to arrive on screens (see it in IMAX if you can) in many years. You’ll be a wreck, along with Holland and Wahlberg, at the end of the picture. But it will be a welcome time to exhale, put your eyes back into your head, kick-start your heart, and remember what a great time you just had.

(Released by Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment. Rated “PG-13” for violence, action and language.)