The Revenant (2015)

	Also Known As: Der Rückkehrer
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu
	Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Forrest Goodluck
	Country: USA
	Genre: Western, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 13.01.2016, Schauburg, English/Pawnee/French version with German subtitles
Synopsis: Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) knows the frontier territory better than anyone as he has been living in a Pawnee village. He, his son and his trapper companions survive an attack on their bivouac and are going back to the nearest outpost. A near fatal bear attack, happens to Glass. Glass's weak condition, forced some men from the team, to be his caretakers. One of them, John Fitzgerald (Hardy), chooses to betray Glass, and makes an unforgivable decision. Relying on his insurmountable anger, a powerful motivation for his family, and also his passion to live, Hugh survives.
Review: I wanted to watch this movie because I love the movies by Iñárritu and like the acting of Tom Hardy. Without subtitles I would have been lost while listening to Tom Hardy's Texan accent. Actually in the first minutes only Pawnee is spoken. The story of a survivor sounds like a cheap Rambo. By luck, there is a very critical view on the roots of racism against the American Indians, from the French and from the side. But the movie has much more than the story. The attack of the bivouac by the Ree or the attack of Glass by a grizzli are extremely spectacular and well shot and directed. In general the camera driving is great. In the nature, to be so stable and so close to the action, this is a great technical challenge. The slightly wide angle of the camera in the middle of amazing woods or mountains and the quality of the image build an amazing atmosphere much better than the 3D effects could have given. The snow or the rain drops falling remind me the atmosphere in Avatar but in more natural and with a better image quality.  The acting of Tom Hardy and DiCaprio are excellent, even if the major actor of that movie remains the nature. Both managed to create big emotions in me with very basic story and dialogues.
Rating: 8 /10