High-wire effort with no safety net! Simply Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2016)

It's a heart-bleeding thriller about love and forgiveness. Adapted by Inarritu from a novel by Michael Punke, the film is loosely based on a real incident from 1823. Inarritu's stylistic gifts embraces the audience to tag along with the protagonist without blinking for 156 minutes. The boundary-pusher director insisted on filming with natural daylights which made panoramic long shots look absolutely stunning.
The close-ups of the cast are often shot at an interestingly low angle, showing right through the character's eyes in moments of high drama, Lubezki even allows their breath to fog the lens. He repeated his uncanny vision through the lens which took me back to 'The Tree of Life' era where we told a story through lights and colors. Last but not least is the DiCaprio/Hardy duel has pushed Leo's craft to the kind of physical and psychological extremes that a younger performer would not never concern himself with. Right picks for the right genre I'd call it.
All and all the entire package has made this movie a visceral sensation, filled with blood yet tender make the project brilliant and vibrant and an excuse to reminded us to be more forgiving  to love and to be loved.