A story worth telling

Rating: 9/10 (15 January 2016)

The Revenant, let me start off by saying if you search The Revenant here on IMDb you get 3 different films in 6 years, crazy huh? I filmed one with David Anders and I had a fantastic, fun time doing so it was my first hands on production job that I will never forget. This Revenant is a whole different kinda badass, The story of the Ashley Fur Co. On an American expedition of sorts to find pelts, trust me if you walk into the theater hot, this film should cool you off real quick. The story of Hugh Glass I guess is one of intrigue and mystery, the part of the story that is etched in history is that Hugh Glass a frontiersman that is great at hunting, and tracking for exploration purposes gets caught up alone and suffers a bear attack, he take the bear down with him but is torn to pieces and literally hanging on to life by a thread. The Revenant Stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, yes this review is written just after the Golden Globes and he won Best Actor, yes, the man deserves it without a shadow of a doubt. The performance that he gave was absolutely superb from beginning to end, this why he has awards and lots of money, and well I don't. I usually sometimes agree that many a actor could have been cast and still done a great job in the film, but in this case I have to say casting was, perfect. Tom Hardy cast as Fitzgerald, the man responsible for taking care of him after the bear attack and well, he has his own agenda and things for him take a dark turn when he murders Hugh Glasses son right in front of him, call it yes it was an accident of sorts, but he wanted to look out for himself and didn't care what happened to Hugh, or Hawk, his son played by Forrest Goodluck. The vision came from Writer/Director Alejandro G. Inarritu, it was filmed in Canada I'm guessing surely in the winter, the visuals that he gives you are superb, this film makes you feel the cold, feel the death around you with the despair in the 1820's. When it's cold, it's hard to get warm, especially when you have, NOTHING. This film shows that a bearskin, having small fires and very little to eat was how it worked back then, unless your in luck and the families rich. The film was great to me that hopefully this new generation gets to see and feel what it's like to not have, oh I don't no, everything they have today they take for granted, damn just take the wifi away from a teen for a few hours and watch the despair set in, let alone a roof, food, and warmth during the winter months. Domhnall Gleeson gives a good performance as the Captain, and what can be said of Tom Hardy, superb performances all around giving this film exactly what it needed, the perfect blend of a great story, great acting, and superb set and film work. Alejandro has done it again, Babel and Birdman were exceptional films, this director is the hot ticket now, I just hope he continues and doesn't have a massive bomb in the next few years. It would be a pleasure to work with him, it would have been an honor to work on this The Revenant, I'm sure top to bottom are pleased with they're work. If your looking for a great story, great directing and superb acting, look no further then The Revenant.