Take with a pinch of salt ...

Rating: 7/10 (11 April 2019)

An engrossing drama ! To start with, the merciless face of the Nature, the panoramas etc. inspire an awe. The way the camera moves from each character's view is subtly impressive. The characters are played impeccably by the actors - Hardy as the selfish and ruthless 'Fitzgerald', the dutiful 'Captain Henry' by Gleeson and the die-hard 'Glass' by Caprio. The background score is above average.
While it's a thrilling work,
one cannot ignore it's numerous faults. First of all, the gross historical inaccuracies and unjust liberties taken, followed by limited display of survival skills(evisceration survival scene appreciated!). Then comes the monotonous illusions(hallucinations) that Glass suffers. It would have been better to create a pure, factually solid survival film rather than a revenge drama intertwined with survival - a serious viewer would often get exasperated e.g: While I was wondering how a near-dead Glass manages to navigate and heal his wounds, I was disturbed by either his hallucinations or some seemingly practical escape from his opponents. How captain Henry makes to fort Kiowa is another mystery. How all the tribes speak the same language, what horses eat in that barren land and many such questions could have been covered in its 2h 36min. run but the scriptwriter and the director didn't seem to have a precise focus.
While it's an absorbing film, watch it with a pinch of salt ...