

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of those A+ list actors whose name and reputation can afford coming out with one major, controversial film every few years. It’s obvious Leo’s passion for his work drives him to choose films he feels a personal responsibility to. I myself am a huge fan of DiCaprio, and even though some of his film weren’t overnight cult classics, I think he has quite an impressive roster. Movies like The Great Gatsby, J.Edgar and The Aviator may have fallen slightly to the wayside in comparison to the massive successes of The Wolf of Wall Street, Django Unchained, The Departed and Inception. But, there is no denying that all of these films are staples in the film world.

Now, Leo’s newest film The Revenant – which is inspired by real events – is in post-production and due to release December 25 2015. We’ve been given a sweet taste of this new epic action-drama with the release of the trailer. In the film DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, a frontiersman in Western America who goes on a personal mission to take revenge against the people who robbed him and left him to die. The film also stars Tom Hardy and Will Poulter as the “friends” who betrayed Glass. As you can see in the trailer, theres clearly a lot more going on than just 1 man hunting down his friends. The film seems to give a very realistic view of what went on in North America during the wars between the natives and the settlers. It will surely be a bloody movie.

The trailer proves that The Revenant will be a heavy, action/gore packed, moving historical drama. With the main characters fighting nature and humans in an untamed land. The question is, will it take the world by storm? Or will it be just another long, well intended adaptation that just doesn’t cut it?