Disappointing and over-hyped

Rating: 5/10 (19 March 2016)

This films exposes Leonardo DiCaprio as a mediocre actor. Never at any point is the viewer able to get past his awkward over-acting and be drawn into the film. DiCaprio was entirely miscast in this role. He still looks too young to have a teenage son and the makeup and hair in this film doesn't change that perception. None of it is convincing. He even manages to make the real stunts look fake. Aside from that, the film is terribly slow and isn't over when you want it to be. It's gratuitous to a comical level in its violence, which cheapens it and makes it gimmicky. I actually laughed during the film's climax because it was so absurd. Tom Hardy stole this movie however. Watch this movie for his performance because everything else will let you down, from the acting to the plot and the dialogue. Even the bear phoned it in. Ugh, this movie was so disappointing and it bothers me that so many people loved it.