"The Revenant," a 2015 film directed by Alejandro G. Iñarritu about 19th-century explorer Hugh Glass's survival after a bear attack, features brilliant cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki and a physically demanding performance by Leonardo DiCaprio but is undermined by muddled storytelling and one-dimensional characterization of Native Americans. The survival sequences are viscerally intense, yet the film's heavy-handed lyricism and simplistic revenge plot prevent it from achieving greatness despite its technical excellence.
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"The Revenant," a 2015 film directed by Alejandro G. Iñarritu about 19th-century explorer Hugh Glass's survival after a bear attack, features brilliant cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki and a physically demanding performance by Leonardo DiCaprio but is undermined by muddled storytelling and one-dimensional characterization of Native Americans. The survival sequences are viscerally intense, yet the film's heavy-handed lyricism and simplistic revenge plot prevent it from achieving greatness despite its technical excellence.