On Monday night, a screening of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant was held for award voters and while it seems that the reception was mostly incredibly positive – we won’t know until December 4th when the review embargoes are lifted – there were some audience members who apparently couldn’t handle the violence and gore, according to THR.
Additionally, there are talks that this might be the role that finally lands Leonardo DiCaprio a Best Actor Oscar. After years and years of fantastic roles, it’d be pretty great to see him win. He definitely deserves it.
The film follows a fur trapper (DiCaprio) who is left for dead in the wilderness after an attack from both man and animal. After surviving the horrific attacks, the trapper makes it his mission to seek revenge upon those who wronged him and his family.
We’ve been covering the film here on Bloody because of how tense and vicious it looks. It also has that suspense that Gravity brought us, which gave me more anxiety than any horror film in the last several years. This looks like it’ll be the same way only on a far more visceral and gorgeous level.
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, and Domhnall Gleeson, The Revenant comes out December 25th, 2015.