A truly gripping masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2019)

Dicaprio is a talented actor for sure. He was awesome in Titanic, funny in Catch Me If You Can, hilarious in Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood, and, to be honest, weird in Romeo and Juliet. But of all of those movies, and possibly all of the others I haven't seen, this is my favorite.
I was expecting some average western with a cliche ending. Bad guy dies, good guy lives on. Constant gunfights and fake looking action. But it was so much more than that. The movie was a somewhat fictionalized movie about a historic fur trapper who gets attacked by a bear and left for dead. The only thing keeping him alive is his craving for revenge against the man who ruined his life. I can understand why Leo won an oscar for his portrayal of Glass.
This movie is gripping from the minute it starts. The action and drama is almost non-stop. Just like Shawshank, I completely underestimated this movie. I'm offended that it didn't make it to the top 250. Definitely a cult-classic in the running.