Very shallow and meaningless story, but still not Iñárritu's worst

Rating: 4/10 (7 February 2016)

Having seen previous A.G.Iñárritu's movies like Biutiful and Birdmen, I started this one with very low expectations and mainly because Di Caprio's genius would overcome Iñárritu's feebleness. I was surprised to see that this time there is a story and actors are not encouraged to overact. Frankly, the movie could be even called entertaining. And that's where good points finish. The bad sides are typical for this director. He sees things like red blood spilled over white snow as a highest form of art and tries to persuade the audience with unnecessary emphasis on guts and gore. Bud sadly, once again it's not convincing. The worst thing about this movie is that it's completely meaningless. Why a story like that should be told and seen - it remains a secret between Iñárritu and his devoted fans. One of the reasons is maybe to make people understand that if you are in the cold wilderness your best option is to take every chance to enter waters in order to recover and have you wounds healed. That's what Di Caprio's character did - he was almost gone but after swimming few times in the icy water and sleeping with his wet clothes on the snow instead of dying of hypothermia he got better and even quit creeping and felt good enough to walk. But it doesn't matter after all. Red blood over white snow is all that is meaningful.