Damn. I think the less I say about this, the better. I don’t wanna fuck it up. It’s a hard movie. It’s survival. It’s avengement. And one mean-ass mother bear. Seriously. Don’t fuck with any bear cubs. Momma is always close by. She WILL fuck your shit up. Seriously.
Some pretty early American times. Bordering on Canada maybe even? Sure seems cold enough for that, and some French trappers about as well. But also a lot of Indians. A lot of pissed-off shoot-you-in-the-head-with-arrows Indians. The camp guide Glass (DiCaprio), with his half-Indian son, are helping the local American trappers out. But it is perilous territory, and there are no rules except survival. That concept may be different to any particular person involved here. Reality isn’t fair, it’s most usually very unfair, in fact.
This is solid. Beautifully camera’d. It really is amazing, many of the shots pulled off here. Good character work, if maybe a little over-played for the flashback dramas, but mostly just fucking brutal reality and a tremendous will to live. To right wrongs made. And, to show respect. DiCaprio does a solid job here, as does an almost unrecognizable Tom Hardy. It’s a film that needs to be seen at least once. It definitely puts you in a different headspace as the final credits roll, and that’s not a common thing lately, even in 2015.
