The Revenant

The Revenant

Rating 7 out of 10

I was in on this movie from the first trailer I saw.  I tend to like these out in the wilderness type movies although of the top of my head I can't think of one.  I had very high hopes for this movie.  Maybe too high.  I think Leonardo DiCaprio is a good actor.  He will get an Oscar nod on this for sure.  Maybe the big win he has been shooting for.  He does an amazing job here.

I know the job of a movie trailer or preview is to give out enough information to make people want to put their butts in the seats.  Sometimes they give a little too much info.  Watching the preview for the Revenant (Said to be taken from the French word to return) we see that Hugh Glass (Leo) is in the wilderness with a bunch of white men and his indian son.  He is brutally attacked by a huge momma bear and barely alive.  One of the guys in the group (a thinner than usual Tom Hardy) points out he needs to be put out of his misery.  When he tries to do just that the indian son tries to stop him and is killed.  Glass is left for dead in a shallow grave.  He fights back and comes to kill the man that killed his son.   This is in the preview.

The movie is a nearly three hour beautifully filmed version of just that.  It is pretty brutal from the indian attack in the first couple minutes to the bloody end.  On a gore scale where Braveheart is a 10 and Bambi is a 1, I'd give this movie a 14.  Tastefully done.  Not like a gory horror movie.  But consider yourself warned.  The bear attack is amazing.

I was definitely entertained.  I think they could have cut 45 minutes out of this and made it better, but I say that to most three hour movies.  Acting is first rate all around and the scenery is amazing. I came out of the theater being happy I was not alive back in those tough days.  Good movie.  Just try to keep expectations down.