Don't mess with Di Caprio!

Rating: 7/10 (23 December 2015)

I have read guys talking high of how incredible Hardy is in this film. How many nuances in his acting, and bla bla bla bla bla. One guy dared to say that Hardy was generally speaking a much better actor than Di Caprio, and that this was the worst performance in Di Caprio's history. That's delusional!!! They both are very good actors and I find it pointless to make a diatribe about who is better. They have eventually different acting styles: Di Caprio is more refined, Hardy is more instinctive. But in THIS film, Di Caprio rules, without any possible doubt. He goes deeper and is much more intense, while Hardy is a bit over the top, playing the rude guy with western accent and rigid movements. And I do not know what film hat watched that other reviewer, but I do not see many nuances in Hardy's acting and face here. While Di Caprio delivers a wide spectrum of many different emotions which can be very easily read in every little movement of is face, while performing the whole time at max power and top intensity.
Now the film itself, it's an imposing film. I do not believe it is a "masterpiece". But it is a good movie and kept me interested from beginning to end. Anyway the synopsis is kind of misleading. It made me believe that the WHOLE movie was about Di Caprio persecuting "those" who left him for dead, but there is no "those" and you see it immediately (so, no spoiler), there is just Hardy. And the real persecution is a very short part of the movie, it is quite predictable, and not so intense as I expected.
EDIT: Di Caprio 1, Hardy 0. Sometimes the Oscars speak the truth. I told you!