05 July 2016

The Revenant (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2015)

8.5/10
I don't have too much to say that hasn't already been said, except maybe to sing the praises of Tom Hardy some more because wow he was good. That's not to say DiCaprio wasn't but for a film with such a dominating central role, Hardy held his own and then some.
If you've heard anything at all about the movie you probably know how it's going to play out, so story-wise there aren't any huge surprises but the direction and photography is a marvel, and the final stand-off is one of the most brutal man-to-man fight scenes I've ever seen. And I know it's practically a meme at this point but the bear scene is still something to behold, I have no idea how they pulled that off and made it look so visceral and real.

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