Set in the 1820s, this is the tale of a fur trapping expedition that encounters hard times.

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2016)

Good but not superior. Spectacular mountainous scenery was a great asset as was the realism. Di Caprio's performance was impressive considering he had so few lines and a number of those were unintelligible. What troubled me, and I am sure very few others, is that the Pawnees lived in non-mountainous Nebraska far, far away from those towering peaks and tall firs. If the Indians were Blackfeet of Montana or Canada, it would have been reasonable. I should think such an item should have been researched. This film would rate high as far as violence and suffering go. Di Caprio was mauled, shot, stabbed, and practically drowned and frozen. The faces of the actors were so obscured by hair that it was sometimes difficult to tell who was who. The ending was not definitive, but fit in with the course of the movie. An off beat, but enjoyable picture.