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The Revenant

2015 Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

(n. One who has returned, as if from the dead.)

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hardy Will Poulter Domhnall Gleeson Paul Anderson Brad Carter Kristoffer Joner Lukas Haas Brendan Fletcher Joshua Burge Robert Moloney Grace Dove Timothy Lyle Kory Grim Forrest Goodluck Duane Howard Arthur RedCloud Vincent Leclerc Emmanuel Bilodeau

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Review by FernandoFCroce ★ 49

Fear Factor + One. Perfect. Shot. ≠ Tarkovsky
Review by Evan ★★★★★ 42

If Leonard DiCaprio doesn't win The Oscar; I will be more done than a white girl that went to Starbuck just to find out that they were all out of triple espresso mochaccino lattes.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★ 41

60/100

The Revenant, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, is a masterclass in portraying a sense of an untamed yet euphoric setting. Its grimy and increasingly mythical landscape contrast with serene Digital images, showcasing a vast environment with a conflicted aura of inhospitable wilderness and the tantalizing search for greed and power. With Emmanuel Lubezki at the helm as DP, and armed with the Arri Alexa 65, the result is a gigantic adventure with a scope as wide as its constant lens choice, but sadly miscalculated when it comes to core story components.

Its ultimately disappointing to think, after all the horror stories involved in production, that something so misguided can result from such obvious turmoil, but most of the issues…
Review by Redfern ★ 56

At first I thought Iñárritu was simply doing a parody of Malick and Peckinpah. Then I realised that this was meant to be taken seriously.
Review by Jordan Rowe ★★★★★ 8

My brain is struggling to process complete sentences after this film, but I'll give it a try...

I really don't wanna oversell this, but "The Revenant" is one of the most stunning, visceral moviegoing experiences I've ever had. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is working on another level as a storyteller, channeling his pure, auteur-driven vision onto the screen. It's visually astounding (Emmanuel Lubezki is a force of nature behind the camera), intense, and emotionally fulfilling. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy also turn in some of the best work of their careers.
Review by Jonathan White ★★★ 43

I was going to just knock off a smart-ass little one liner … ‘Hiring Mr. Lubezki does not a Malick film make’ … but I’ve been writing too many of those lately, and Alejandro Iñárritu deserves more respect than that. Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel are all films I’ve seen, enjoyed, and respected. I was on the ‘loved’ side of the divisive Bird Man.

I do believe in the nut of that quip I was going to post. I think Iñárritu began to change with Birdman, and the biggest evidence of that change was saying goodbye to long time cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and striking a new relationship with Chivo.

Rodrigo Prieto is no slouch, but he’s a cinematographer that…

Recent reviews

Review by seungie ★★★

Felt nothing afterwards.
Review by detjakeperalta ★★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The Revenant is a long, sweeping revenge-western. Inarritu directs one of the most beautiful looking and expertly shot (shout out to Emmanuel Lubezki) films of the 21st century. The way they use long-take pan shots to show the full scope of what is going on in just a singular shot is absolutely genius, and makes you feel so overwhelmed by the breathtaking landscape. The on location setting and the stunning landscape lend themselves greatly to the feel of this film, and to the long, lonesome, emotionally painful, practically fatal, against the odds journey Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) endures throughout this film. DiCaprio transforms into Glass, displaying some of the most impressive physical acting I've seen in my life. He puts himself…
Review by flanneryoconnor ★★★

like? it was cool i guess
Review by grudlian ★

Leonardo DiCaprio undeservingly won an Oscar for this awful performance.
Review by Bjarne Hey ★★★★★

Zurecht brachte dieser Film Leonardi DiCaprio den langersehnten, ersten Oscar.
Review by Emily ★★★★

SO GOOD but SO LONG!!!!!
Review by gingerone ★★½

вот бы любецки начать с хорошими режиссерами опять работать, какое счастье было бы.
Review by Dov Doviak ★★★

Yeah, that's Fassbender's Oscar... Search your feelings Leo, you know it to be true.
Review by Christian W ★★★★

Tolle Bilder, tolle Schauspieler. Manchmal wirkt der Film phasenweise in die Länge gezogen. Aber die Kameraarbeit hat sich ihren Oscar redlich verdient. Gerade hektische Szenen bekommen hier eine enorme Intensität verpasst und man ist "mittendrin statt nur dabei".
DiCaprio spielt wie nahezu immer hervorragend. Der Oscar geht in Ordnung, wobei man klar sagen muss, dass er ihn sich für "The Wolf of Wall Street" oder schon vor längerer Zeit in "Gilbert Grape" verdient hatte. Auch Tom Hardy spielt stark auf und seine Nominierung als Bester Nebendarsteller geht mehr als in Ordnung Bzw. hätte er den Goldjungen bekommen, es wäre gerechtfertigt gewesen.