Remake

Rating: 3/10 (11 January 2016)

After reading the plot it seems to be an adaptation of the movie, "Man in the Wilderness" starring Richard Harris, who while moving overland with a boat in tow is attacked by a bear. Upon hearing the attack the boat crew kills the bear. However, the scout, Zacary Bass, played by Harris, is severely mauled,and near death. The Captain leaves two crew members to bury him when he dies. Because he is slow in dying the two crew members become impatient and decide to kill and bury him but neither has the courage to do so. They agree that he is near death and will not survive the day so they place him in a shallow grave and bury him alive. Bass escapes from the grave and he struggles for survival among the various Indian tribes and eventually is well enough to track the Captain and crew to seek revenge for the way he was treated. It is rare that an adaptation receives the reviews this movie is generating. Is it because there is a whole new generation of movie goer who are not aware that this film is an apparent copy of a good entertaining film that also had a great star? Because of its lack of originality I did not deem the movie beyond a 3 star. Leonardo DiCaprio, I am sure is superb in the movie and it will be entertaining but I won't waste my time or money to see it in the theater but rather wait for it to appear on DVD or TV. I am sure other "critics" will have a differing view but it is what it is.