A bit too much over the top

The cinematography was great it had some great sequences and some absolutely ridiculous sequences. It's like they tried to stick everything they could into the story as if the real survival story wasn't enough.

No f-ing way the character is going to survive a float no less down an ice cold river, that is stretching it way too much for me. He would lose dexterity in under two minutes.

"Cold water carries heat away from the body 25 times faster than air of the same temperature and as a result, the body core immediately begins to lose heat to the outside environment. At first, the body tries to generate more heat by shivering, but this is not enough to offset the loss of heat to the water. Within 20 to 30 minutes, depending on water temperature, body core temperature drops to below 35° C (95° F) cognitive functioning and judgement become affected"

I read an account of Simon Kenton who during the winter fell in the Ohio or Allegheny, he was barely able to crawl up the bank and get some kindling lit to build a small fire, he stripped naked and used a hide to make a small tipi enclosing it around himself and the fire to survive.

But then they sure do a 180 when he guts the horse to use its body for protection from the cold, there they make it seem like it's life or death when in reality the water would have been much worse.

When he escapes from the indians on the pinto sequence he first shoots a warrior approaching him with a flintlock, then after mounting up and galloping away he shoots a brave off a horse with the same flintlock, never reloaded.

When he's catching fish he's got a nice fire going on the bank it takes about a minute or two to cook a fish but he eats it raw. lol.

I also scratched my head when they abandoned the protection of the keel boat, it could move it was solid cover and it had a swivel gun. Then every time they head for civilization they head upstream or up river or head into the mountains WTF?

The indians that find the spot where Hugh's son was killed, didn't see the drag marks in the snow where Hugh left tracks.

Cinematography 10/10 story 6/10. Makes me want to see Man In The Wilderness again now.