Hugh Glass endures the brutal reality of nature

Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2016)

The Revenant is, to say the least, a visually stunning journey of survival, deception, and Fatherhood. Directed by Academy Award Winner Alejandro G. Innarritu, the film follows Hugh Glass (played by Nominee Leonard DiCaprio), who after a brutal encounter with a bear, is left for dead by John Fitzgerald (played by nominee Tom Hardy), and depicts the grueling reality of nature that Glass must endure, in order to avenge both his son's death and his deception. Inarritu incorporates many of the elements of his previous films, such as making the scenes appear to be taken in one shot and telling different stories while overlaying them, to make one main story, which are seen in films like Birdman and Babel, and allows his direction to shine, in order to make a beautiful film. DiCaprio gives a shocking performance, in the way that he rarely speaks and if he does, it is in a different language, proving that actions speak louder than words. Along with STUNNING cinematography, The Revenant is a powerful film that is truly beautiful and given the harsh conditions that the film was shot in, and the fact that the only lighting used was all natural, makes this film on the best of the year, 9 out of 10 stars.