A gripping, harrowing tale of the avenger in the days of the pioneers!

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2015)

Truly harrowing! I think that's how one would describe this roller coaster ride of one's doom back up from hell as an avenger only to fall and rise once more! Two times at deaths door, two times returned on a mission as the avenger. A man forced to watch them kill his son while he lay helplessly injured, yet conscious. Buried alive and left for dead he was forced to claw his way out of his own grave. Slowly healed over time each day he was kept alive, fuelled only by his endless rage.
This movie should do it for Leonardo in the Oscar department. He really did an awesome job acting as Hugh Glass. The role fit Leo well, and the desperation, hopelessness and endless pain transports you into the film like none other Leo has ever done. I think I could even watch this one a second time down the road!
This movie will definitely knock some awards out of the park! The feeling of desperation oozes out of the viewers pores. The soundtrack, something often overlooked- awesome, just instills a melancholy setting that is part and parcel for The Revenant.
Bravo on this movie sirs! Truly a masterpiece.