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The Revenant

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While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains life-threatening injuries from a brutal bear attack. When a member (Tom Hardy) of his hunting team kills his young son (Forrest Goodluck) and leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back to civilization. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, the legendary fur trapper treks through the snowy terrain to track down the man who betrayed him.
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As starkly beautiful as it is harshly uncompromising, The Revenant uses Leonardo DiCaprio's committed performance as fuel for an absorbing drama that offers punishing challenges -- and rich rewards.

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Judy Berman Flavorwire Ultimately, The Revenant suggests no deeper or more nuanced truths than a medieval morality play. Sep 21, 2017 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Iñárritu continues move away from his earlier work, which I still prefer, to bring a more Hollywood-digestible tale like this one that blends themes of spirituality, primal instinct and humanity. Rated: A Sep 1, 2017 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com As a feat of filmmaking chutzpah, it's one of 2015's most intriguing offerings. Rated: 3/4 Aug 16, 2016 Full Review JD Duran InSession Film What is important is that he beautifully represents these ideas of mercy and faith in a way that I found profound and satisfying. Aug 2, 2024 Full Review Denise Pieniazek A Sala Llena (Argentina) The Revenant exposes the cruelest of humanity and its revenge, regardless of culture or origin. In terms of the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, we must ask ourselves in the film, who represents “civilization” and who represents “barbarism”? Rated: 6/10 Jan 14, 2024 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Everything feels rich with meaning and emotion whether it was the ugliness of humanity or the beauty of nature. Rated: 4.5/5 Aug 24, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Marlon W I really like the technique used in The Revenant to record the battle scenes, because there aren't many cuts or camera shakes, it's much easier to understand what's happening, not to mention that the scenes are impressively beautiful, many shocking scenes that leave you breathless, and the plot is great, one of the best revenge stories I've ever seen in a movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review prawnda s from a production standpoint, this is a great movie. however, it's quite dreary and oppressive in it's themes and atmosphere, which gets to be a bit of a drag before too long. there also doesn't appear to be any deeper reflection or purpose to the film other than survival and profit. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/04/24 Full Review Marc Z Wow- I can't believe I waited so long to see this amazing, but highly disturbing movie. Anyone who glamorizes the "Old West" should see this movie and get a sense of what the dangers and the pitfalls of living in America before it was settled and developed. This story of revenge, and struggle, is really well made. The Direction, the acting, the cinematography, the costume design, and the script are powerful and engaging. The violence is palpable and makes this hard to watch at times. DiCaprio, truly, at his finest and Tom hardy is, quite simply, Tom Hardy doing his thing. These are two of the finest actors of our generation. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/27/24 Full Review Fernando B Buena película, no sé si para Oscar. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/17/24 Full Review Joshua P Awesome cinemetography. Great acting. The dark history of early expansion is potent and important. But the super-human, original American(European) man...surviving life troubles, bear attacks, insanely high falls, etc and surviving. Give me a break. It really made a great movie ridiculous, imo. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/24 Full Review Mate P The Revenant is an outstanding film about survival, family and revenge with exceptionally gorgeous cinematography and outstanding directing. The story is quite amazing, I always love when the writers add levels to antagonists. They aren't just wild people, who rob others and sell the robbed products, but they are searching for one of their own. The characters are great, the protagonist is a perfectly written one and so is the antagonist. Glass has a son, who is everything to him, while Fitzgerald has nobody to care for other than himself. He is greedy and doesn't care how he gets the money he wants so much. The cinematography is one of the best I've ever seen, amazing tracking shots, but this time a lot more landscape wide shots, which looked fantastic. The editing was amazing too, especially during the fight scenes. The direction is also outstanding, the fight choreography is great. My problem with this movie was the last 45 minutes. It was too long, too stretched-out, therefore it became boring to me. The Revenant is beautiful, amazing, satisfying, but at the same time too long. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains life-threatening injuries from a brutal bear attack. When a member (Tom Hardy) of his hunting team kills his young son (Forrest Goodluck) and leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back to civilization. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, the legendary fur trapper treks through the snowy terrain to track down the man who betrayed him.
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Producer
Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole
Screenwriter
Mark L. Smith, Alejandro González Iñárritu
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Appian Way, New Regency Pictures, M Prods, Anonymous Content
Rating
R (Brief Nudity|A Sexual Assault|Violence|Gory Images|Language|Strong Frontier Combat)
Genre
Adventure, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 8, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$183.6M
Runtime
2h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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