No spoilers here!

Rating: 8/10 (9 March 2016)

I'm new to reviewing films and this is my first official one so I'll keep it short. The Revenant was undoubtedly an un-matched visual and artistic experience, the film won the Oscar for Cinematography and when you see the film it is easy to see why, every shot in this film is of nature I have heard there was no use of artificial lighting! Northern America has never been more grandly viewed than in this film. However the film also tells a fantastic story of Vengeance, trust and survival, it does all of this without ever feeling pretentious or over the top. Leonardo gives a brilliant performance and as we all know, this is Leo's first Oscar win, although he is criticised for a lack of dialogue, Leo makes of for this with his physical expression and stress. Action scenes in this movie are above anything I have ever seen, in a certain battle containing Tom Hardy (who also gives an outstanding performance) it was so hard to both watch, and turn away, and although there are limited major conflict scenes in this film (which never feels disappointment) every battle is so beautifully tense, brilliantly shot and choreographed, I can honestly say I had no idea what to expect and tried hard not to blink. Finally, I would like to say that this film is not for the impatient, the film often takes its time to display its epic cinematography which is obviously not for everyone. I will never give a 10/10, but this film got extremely close, definitely one of my favourite films.