Found it a painful watch. Clunky editing, unconvincing acting, boring action...

Rating: 3/10 (24 December 2019)

I easily fall in love with epic exploration movies, so this should not have been an uphill climb. After all, filming on 35mm, having a sizeable budget, and all these huge time leaps are not easy challenges. And yet, I found Hunnam's acting awkward and uncomfortable. Does he always tilt his head to the left? He truly gives off the impression of trying to play someone much larger, in presence and charisma. Mr. Costin was far more believable character, as was Mr. Murray, even if you loved to hate him. Jack Fawcett was perhaps the most painful, not just for his acting but also the film's attempts to first make him appear a young boy, then a resentful adolescent (obviously his most natural state), then finally a young adult (massive fake squared-off jaw prosthetics). Confusing, cowardly ending. Bleh.