A violent movie with a mediocre plot and brilliant actors

Rating: 5/10 (24 January 2016)

"The Reventant" offers mediocre, straightforward and predictable plot. The good guy, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), is a 19th century superhero who survives grizzly bear attack and revenges for the death of his son by punishing Fitzgerald, the greedy bad guy, played by Tom Hardy. As expected, there is a fierce struggle between the good and the bad guy at the end of the movie.
"The Reventant" is not for everyone. There are a lot of brutal scenes with violence and blood. It is a strange mix between the blood, the camera shots and angles from Tarantino's movies such as "Kill Bill" with the classical action movies about revenge, like the popular old title with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, or Liam Neeson.
The actors do a fine job in obviously difficult conditions. Unfortunately, the characters are not unique and the dialogs are not memorable at all. I do not remember even a single quote from "The Reventant" that stands out. There is no doubt that Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy are brilliant and deserve praises despite the poor scenario. In my opinion Will Poulter was fortunate to play the most interesting character in the whole movie and he also did a good job.