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The Revenant (2015)

Inspired by the true events in the life of Hugh Glass, The Revenant is an action-drama movie that sees Leonardo DiCaprio in the starring role. Betrayed and left for dead by one of the members of his hunting group, Glass finds himself contending with some of the harshest elements imaginable while tending to his deadly wounds, as his will to carry on and need for revenge push him to carry on in this gripping tale of survival.

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The Revenant
R
Adventure
Drama

Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Release Date
December 25, 2015
Studio(s)
20th Century
Distributor(s)
20th Century
Cast
Will Poulter , Leonardo DiCaprio , Paul Anderson , Tom Hardy , Domhnall Gleeson
Writers
Alejandro González Iñárritu , Mark L. Smith
Runtime
156minutes
Budget
$135 million

Summary

Inspired by true events. In the 1820s, frontiersman Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) sets out on a mission of vengeance against those who left him for dead following a bear mauling.

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