The Revenant

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The Revenant follows fur trader Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) in the early 1800s. It tells the story of Glass’s search for revenge after he is mauled by a bear and later left for dead and has his son murdered in front of him, helpless to do anything, by fellow fur trader Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). The film overall, is excellent. DiCaprio and Hardy are both fantastic in their performances. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous, and only natural lighting was used for the film. The violence is brutal, and I love the final fight between Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. The fight between these two is brutal and bloody, and they are both going for the kill without it ever reaching an unrealistic extreme. The scene with the bear was realistic enough, it actually reached a point where it was kind of hard to watch. Take note, this is coming from a guy who can easily sit through the likes of Saw, Seven, and Dredd and I would hardly flinch. Alejandro Inarritu made a pretty solid flick with 2014’s Birdman, and here, he does it again. Almost everything in the movie works. In terms of flaws, I really only have one. One of the subplots in the movie didn’t feel as though it was all that important in the grand scheme of things, at least for me. This is a great movie, and I do recommend seeing it should you ever get the chance. 

9 / 10