Remake of 1971's Man in the Wilderness

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2016)

When I heard the plot synopsis, it sure sounded familiar. Then it came to me. This is a remake of Richard Harris' 1971 movie, "Man in the Wilderness". This is a quote from the IMDb entry for "Man in the Wilderness", In the early 1800's, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down. So, pretty much all of the basic story structure is the same. Wilderness, bear, abandonment, survival, quest for revenge, etc etc. The earlier movie was a pretty good movie, cold and gritty, so I guess I will go see how well Leo did in the role.