The Revenant

 

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio(Glass), Tom Hardy(Fitzgerald), Domhnall Gleeson(Captain), Will Poulter(Bridger), Duane Howard(Elk), Forrest Goodluck(Hawk), Arthur Redcloud(Hikuc), Grace Dove(Glass's wife) and Melaw Nakehk'o(Powaka)
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action




Now since it has won many Oscars, the curiosity for those who didn't watch it yet may be too high. Nonetheless, it is a good watch standalone without Oscar hype around it!





You may look forward to:

• Leonardo DiCaprio is the character on whom the film is titled aptly. Although this film won him an Oscar, i would still say his best performance till date was in 'Wolf of Wall Street'. But nevertheless, he is an outstanding actor who did deserve an Oscar over a lifetime in his career. 'Glass' portrays endurance which defies human conditions, his unrelenting quest for revenge takes 'Glass' through various adventures and a lot of hardship, and no one could have played it as good as Leo himself
• Tom Hardy is again  a very commendable character who is more selfish than human. Cannot say his deeds were out of ordinary, but yet he qualifies for a bad man
• Domhnall Gleeson is in a significant supporting role, onto which he delivers well
• Duane Howard, Arthur Redcloud and Melaw Nakehk'o play different clans of native Americans at their best
• Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck and Grace Dove are among the other supporting characters who had short but important roles
• This film is all about direction, the story is outright simple. Alejandro González Iñárritu is again a deserving win. His direction gets into your head, and to attain that he has paced the film aptly. Neither too slow nor too many incidents. He manages to maintain your attention throughout the film. To add to it if this film is actually based on a true story, there was no way it could possibly escape an Oscar :)

What you can sleep over:

The pace of the movie is slow, and its intentionally so. Having right expectations is the key





The dampeners you should be aware of:

• It is quite a bit gory, to the liking of a family audience. Indian screens may have edited quite a bit portion of it anyhow
• The entire film is a plain revenge drama, unfortunately there was not much of build up shown, be it in terms of flash back or present, on how deep was 'Glass's' affection towards 'Hawk'. He loved him as much as a father would, but to display this level of endurance and will to avenge his son's death, one needs more than just an ordinary fatherly love. Not very convincing

My Rating: 3.5/5

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