Film Critique : THE REVENANT

To critically assess the Character Key Development and the relationship to the Three Acts. Was the development well explored? Did the story flow well? Were there any issues not addressed by the end of the film?

Inspired by true events, The Revenant is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.

The Character Key Development

In this movie, the main core character is The Adventurer.

The adventurer, Hugh Glass (Protagonist) was easy going and calm person to other frontiersmen of the fur trappers party. When some of the fur trappers humiliate him and his son, he din't counter back and still educate his son to be a calm person. He was given motivation to all the fur trappers to escape. After he been attaked by the bear, he injuries weaken his express ability, betrated by the fur trappers and one of the fur trapper killed his son. However, he becomes more vigilance to other person and try hard to survive because he wanted to revenge.

The ACTs of Movie

In the beginning of the movie, It begin to establish the characters which is frontiersman and fur trapper. After that, they been attacked by the swarm of Arikara Native Americans (Ree) because of the fur. A bunch of fur trappers were killed and the rest who survived were forced to retreat. Hugh Glass leaded the rest continued to run for their life in order to avoid getting attacked again.

Although they were succeed to escape, but they still keep look-out the surrouding, because he knew that they were not safe until landed on the road. Hugh Glass keep reminding the fur trappers, they had been tracked by the Ree, so the only way to escape to the Fort was to listen to him.

At the halfway of movie, they on the way to the fort. Hugh Glass keep scouted the surrouding to keep the fur trappers safety. However, Hugh Glass was hurt by a grizzly bear very badly after he disturbed its cubs. Due to his seriously injured, the fur trappers begin to leave him alone, but their captain felt guity so he managed three person which is Fitzgerald and Bridger including his son, Hawk to take care of him and the rest of the fur trappers continue their journey back to the fort. However, Hawak was killed by Fitzgerald, because he wanted to save his dad.

Glass was dragged to a shallow grave and let it left to dead but he din't give up, he were crawled out of the grave. His son death brings him a very big impact. Glass did not surrender to his fate, he tried hard to survived as he wanted to revenge for this dead son. He survived alone in the winter and escaped the tracking by the Ree.

He met a Pawnee who had also lost his family and they contiued the journey together. "Revenge is in the Creator's Hand" said by the Pawnee and this brings him the impact of this way to seek revenge. On the way, Glass was sick and the Pawness did not leave him alone and still helped him to recover. In the other hand, the two trappers that take care of him was escaped back to the fort without knowing Glass was still alive and they don't know Glass was seeked for his son revenge.

At the end of the movie, after facing a lof of hardship and escaped the tracked by Ree, Glass was still alive. Glass finallly confronted the man who had killed his son, he set up the trapped and ambushed Fitzgerald to shot him. Their fight went on, Glass chased him into the forest and engaged in a fight with Fitzgerald near the river. When he almost end Fitzgerald life, he remembered the Pawnee's words.

He don't kill Fitzgerald by himself, God will punish him. He saw the Ree was came closer to them, so he push Fitzgerald into the river and let the Ree killed him. Finally, everything was done, Glass found vengeance for his son. Although he had found the vengeance, but he knew that his son won't reborn.

Personal Review

The overall story development is well explored, with a meaningful moral value. From the beginning to the end of the movie, we knew that how Glass was been betrayed, how he survive alone to seek for revenge and how he faces the revenge. Maybe some of the person think that revenge is not a good thing, but what i learned from Glass is never give up. Like what he said in the beginning of the movie, "As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." However, the story flows is well, story is inspired by true events which happened in 1800s but setting and development of the movie make us understand the era. How the life of trappers, how is the Ree work for, and cleary define all the characters. At last, most of the issues are clearly addressed in the movie.The Ree found the daugher of the chief, Powaqa who was kidnapped by the French. Glass was seek revenge for his son. His body expression was good enought to express what he want and what he feel. Most of the audience will curious about what he gonna do after that. End his life and reunite with his son and wife? But in my opinion, I think as long as he still got a breath, he will keep breathing.