DeCaprio finally lands an Oscar.

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2016)

The Revenant (2015): Dir: Alejandro G. Inarritu / Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck: Gruelling and gritty film about facing nature, man and animal at its most extreme and secluded. Set in 1823 with a hunting expedition gone wrong when natives invade seeking blood and pelts. A few survivors escape blood shed on a boat but must take a winter forest route to avoid detection. Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a grinding performance as Hugh Glass, a hunter and scout who is attacked by a bear and nearly mauled to death until he killed the bear. Tom Hardy plays antagonist John Fitzgerald who is a greedy member of the hunting party. He kills Glass's native son and leaves him buried alive. Motivated by revenge, Glass crawls, limps and presses forward for the confrontation Fitzgerald dreads happening. Domhnall Gleeson plays Andrew Henry, captain of the expedition who wants Fitzgerald brought to justice when he learns what happened. Will Poulter plays a young trapper deceived by Fitzgerald leaving him guilt ridden when he learns that Glass could be alive. Forrest Goodluck plays Hawk, Glass's native son who is subdued by insults and ridicule by Fitzgerald before being killed. Alejandro G. Inarritu follows up his success with Birdman with lavish and ominous images of snow covered forests as well as extreme violence including a chase that follows Glass and a horse over a cliff. It is a brutal and direct film about man's greed and another man's desire to strive through the valley of death to claim the justice when all is taken away. Score: 10 / 10