From the first teaser to now, I was excited for "The Revenant." I was upset that its Christmas day release didn't apply to us here in Walnut Creek, but it doesn't matter. Because it remained one of my most anticipated films of the year, and when I finally got to see it it did not disappoint me.
"The Revenant," stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domnhall Gleeson, and Will Porter. Its directed and written by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, who directed one of my favorite films of last year "Birdman." The story is about how fur trappers in the Dakotas, and how their guide Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) is mauled by a bear during their trip, and is left broken and unable to travel on his own. The Captain, (played by Gleeson,) makes Hardy and Porter stick with Glass and his young son Hawk, who is half native Indian, while the rest of the group hike to safety. Hardy's character, Fitzgerald is angered by the thought he has to stay there like a sitting duck, and he sets a course of events in motion that cause DiCaprio to fight for everything that he has.
I loved this film from start to finish. It includes amazing performances, excellent cinematography, and incredible direction. Inarritu is probably going to win another Oscar. What he's done is amazing. You feel the cold these men go through. Each pain makes you jump. You don't know how they survived through these harsh cold nights. And sometimes you are shown how they survived and it is not pretty. This is an excellent film, but its story is a hard ugly one. The performances are incredible but as far as they all go, this is DiCaprio's show. Every thing he goes through you go with him. He unpeeled Glass and his problems like he was peeling an onion. Hardy gives Fitzgerald the right amount of loathing, but DiCaprio is the star of this movie that's for sure. My only complaint is that there were a few scenes that took a little too long. But only a few.
THE VERDICT
"The Revenant," is spectacular, with great performances to amazing cinematography to fantastic directing. I give "The Revenant," an A.
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