time marginally under two hours in length that little could have been left out, but this is certainly not the case. AS if to torment the viewer, having discarded all the aspects you really were enjoying the writers then begin to fill the movie with stuffing, lots of padding on all the wrong subjects. During the movie two of the main characters disappear, and the reactions from those that remain is far from convincing.
It's not all bad; the movie looks beautiful and is enhanced by a most unexpected and really shocking murder at the mid section of the movie. You expect something to really kick off between the two characters involved, but this was a hundred miles from rational thought. You may be thinking that the surprise is now ruined, but this is not the case, when I saw the movie there was no publicity, now months on the movie is being offered as a murder mystery.
For a percentage of the movie the story remains the right side of reality, but as it draws to a close it becomes like a James Bond movie with a special bad guy base, a pretty tense train collision, and some diabolical lines from the remaining cast.
If you have a passion for travel to some level the movie is essential viewing, most of the settings and landscapes are breathtaking and in high definition it's like you're really there, but make sure you have a strong constitution before viewing because there are scenes of violence and torture straight out of a Saw movie.
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