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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 ★★★★★ 43

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 ★★★ 39

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 ★ 57

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 amf98 ★★★½

What makes this film is the breathtaking visuals and outstanding cinematography work. I also really enjoyed Tom Hardy as a villain, and it’s honestly one of my favorite roles of his. This film did have some faults; the story was a little to familiar, and the whole revenge idea was something hundreds of other films have done. Leo’s performance was good, and respect for him eating a real bison heart, but other than that he basically just grunted and screamed the whole time. A good first experience, but not something I could watch often.

❤️🐃
Review by Bauti ★★

here's my problem with these types of oscar worthy movies: I have a really short attention span so i find most long drama movies really boring, and that's what happened with this one. I reached 90 minutes and I stopped and googled the rest of the movie. visually it was stunning but I just don't enjoy these types of movies
Review by Nathan Bennett ★★★★

Leo crawling for dat oscar
Review by Abbiemac ★

The only thing that saves this film is how visually stunning it is. The plot is very boring and just drags on forever. I feel like Leonardo DiCaprio won that Oscar out of pity.
Review by dreamigurl ★★★★★

damn, that bear really was into leo
Review by meowstash321 ★★★★★

An Oscar worthy performance.
Review by Lindsey Nordberg ★★★

Gotta do something on a 12 hour flight
Review by toy adams ★★★★

From my review of The Revenant on Cinepunx’s Out of Step section:

Against those who say this film is a hyper-masculine tale of revenge, I think it is more akin to castration, at least in the sense of traditional masculine values. It circumvents the psychological need for revenge, focusing on the impasses of healing.

The slow pacing of the film’s resolution rolls right into the final words of Fitzgerald, “You came all this way just for your revenge, huh? Did you enjoy it, Glass? Cause there ain’t nothin’ gon bring your boy back.” At the utterance of these words, not only does the need for revenge feel forced, it’s no longer even desired. The whole scene sets the audience at…
Review by Maverick Glaum ★★★★½

I had an edgy joke for this review but Alex told me not to write it. I shall obey.

I will say this movie reminded me of Gravity since both don’t utilize basic film tropes or story telling techniques to create an absorbing and immersive piece of film. The Revenant truly was a breathtakingly beautiful experience. Funny enough both movies were shot by the same cinematographer, so yeah, you learn something new everyday.