Its all about Man vs Nature (both real nature and human nature)

Rating: 8/10 (12 January 2016)

The Revenant (2016) Review: One of the anticipated releases of this year "The Revenant" by the famous Oscar winning director with a tuff to pronounce name Alejandro Inarritu marks its entry initially as a survival genre or a thriller flick. But I felt there are lots of revelations in the story which is "based on true events" (one tagline of Hollywood now a day which is more sellable). So I felt the movie was trying to be close to reality but given an insight says it has cinematic elements added to it. Story is about a hunting group for pelts who are attacked by local tribes. A man who guides them through their journey along with their captain. Situations gets worse when they split due to worse wounded guide cannot carry on with the team. Then the story transforms from a survival phase to a grief built revenge thriller which dwells into man versus nature type (both real nature and human nature). Let's see what is on the plus or positive side of the movie: Not just one but so many facets about the movie strongly holds up to the expectations. 1. Captivating story line. 2. Intense screenplay which keeps us connected to the story. 3. Spectacular cinematography that brings us the wilderness of the untamed mountains and nature. 4. Laudable performances by the leads both the protagonist Glass essayed by Di caprio and the antagonist Fitzgerald essayed by Tom Hardy. Leonardo Di Caprio has already been a strong candidate in the Oscars and he makes sure his entry this time as well but as far as winning we should wait for the academy to decide. 5. Commendable grizzly Bear attack sequence which makes the hero barely survive. What is on the minus side of the movie: 1. I am not convinced 100% with the reality factor that a man surviving after witnessing an attack by nearly a ton heavy bear where he is teared apart ripped off and punctured several times mercilessly. 2. The story happens in the 18th century but the seasons or rightly weather changes upside down from the starting scene from a rainy forest which hardly snows to a thick snowing mountains though we are not given any reference on the time. 3. Length of the movie which is 156 mins.
Verdict : A movie to feel the cinematic experience on big screens. Rating 7.5/10