Jungle

As someone who cringed at Radcliffe's acting as the Boy who Lived, I looked at this a few time's before giving in; I have to say Radcliffe was great - brilliantly acted. I know he was just a kid as Potter but I didn't think he would have reached the levels he manages in this.

It was a slow burner but I reminded myself this is a true story and did end up engrossed in the battle for survival.

It's really worth a watch

I knew nothing about this one, even the synopsis wasn't anything really eye-catching. I don't think I'd even heard anyone talk about this one yet. But, I noticed it was new on Amazon Prime, so I figured what the hell, might be worth checking out.

I'm happy to say I enjoyed the hell out of this. It's a very slow moving story, but very well shot, the acting is fantastic and it sucks you right in. Come to find out this is based on a true story, which makes it that much more interesting. Love it when you find something like this that you have zero expectations about and end up enjoying it. Daniel Radcliffe turns in a fantastic performance as Yossi. His performance really takes you through the emotions the character's going through. It was one of the biggest things that stood out to me in this film.

While the film does have some issues, it takes a bit to get going and I feel like some time could have been cut out of the last half of the film, it's damn solid overall. I'm glad I gave this one a chance. While this movie certainly won't be for everyone, if you're in the mood for a good story, give this one a chance and check it out.

Man -vs- Nature.

This film is a smorgasbord of epic cinematography, beautiful location shoots, great directing and outstanding performance by Daniel Radcliffe.

However, I felt this is one of those films that had it been played at 1.5x speed, I would have enjoyed it more. The 1h 55min run-time felt really unnecessarily long. 1hr 15-25min would have been perfect had the pace picked up in certain areas it dragged.

Nevertheless, very enjoyable 'True Story' and a 8/10 from me.

For me I've never read the book so I can't compare it to that. I also don't know how accurate it is because I know nothing about trekking through Jungles. However from what I saw it looked very realistic and I enjoyed it. Also Daniel Radcliffe's acting was incredible a real joy to watch.

For anyone that's been in anywhere near of a similar situation, this movie really hits some truths.

From the immediate praying, to the hallucinations, to the frail and weak reality of what taking your body to the limits really does.

A great movie, although difficult to watch at times, and certainly more of an interesting movie than a fun movie night choice.