Amazing cinematography and one of Leo's best performances to date.

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2016)

The Revenant is a Western drama film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman), it features some amazing cinematography and one of Leo's best performances to date.
In 1823, a group of trappers and hunters are searching for pelts in the unsettled wilderness of Louisiana. One of the group's lead hunters, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) stumbles upon a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs. Glass is then brutally mauled by the bear and is mortally wounded in the attack. Glass is left behind to die by the rest of his hunting group at the suggestion of John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), who claims that carrying Glass with them will only slow them down. However, Glass overcomes some of his minor injuries and slowly but surely attempts to make it back to civilisation.
This film is violent, unnerving and sometimes hard to watch, so I don't recommend it to those with a weak stomach. However, if you feel you can handle it, I should also mention that the film is filled with beautiful cinematography and a sense of realism that is quite rare in motion pictures today. Leonardo DiCaprio gives another brilliant performance in the lead role. If he doesn't at least earn an Oscar nomination, then I will be very surprised. Tom Hardy was great as well, it's always satisfying to see him play villainous characters so well.
I rate it 8/10.