Tom Hardy is indecipherable !

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2016)

This movie would score higher if it wasn't for the fact that one of the key characters did not appear to be speaking English throughout the film (ironic given his heritage). Someone please give Tom Hardy a voice coach - he rivals the eternally mumbling Casey Affleck in this otherwise overly long but worthwhile film. The cinematography is excellent throughout and the special effects (with the notable exception of the infamous dead horse scene) are extremely well done. It looks quite seamless when the hero hears a rumbling sound and we see from his perspective a distant avalanche that helps create the sense of place and isolation in the film. It is fair criticism that some of the scenes are basically unbelievable but that misses the point of cinema - it is about taking you somewhere interesting but necessarily believing it!