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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Film 'The Revenant'

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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s 2015 film, The Revenant, creates a story of ups and downs when one man is left for dead in the mountains of Montana in 1823. “The Revenant”, produced by Akiva Goldsman and directed by Inarritu is a drama that reaches tragedy when Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is left for dead by the rest of his men after being mauled by a bear. The ravishing film was realeased on December 25, 2015 by 20th Century Fox grossing a total of $326.1 million. The The movie starts out immediately with drama when Arikara Native Americans attack the group of men, who are exploring unknown territory trapping for furs, abruptly. Hugh Glass is then brutally mauled by a massive, brown she-beast who shakes and gnaws on him until he is mangled. Although he did not go down without a fight, he is left an exhausted, bloody heap. …show more content…

When returned to camp, Hugh Glass immediately tells his story after being doctored and sets out to find Fitzgerald. Realizing that he has fled, he is forced to go on a pursuit to find him to gain revenge. Inspired by true events, “The Revenant” is a serious, aspiring effort by all who played a part in the film. With the special effects, and trials that Glass was faced with, they were able to depict what the wilderness in North America would have been like in the early-18th-century. Having flashbacks to his Indian wife, who was killed by the white men, it softens the story showing how close him and his mixed-race son became. Although the film has many poor trials and challenges, it also has many rich rewards that come from it. Throughout the movie, one feels sad, mad, scared, and heart broken happy, encouraged and inspired at the same time. Being an American Frontier Justice film, “The Revenant” displays what it was like on the frontier during that time

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