[THE REVENANT opens in Cleveland area cinemas on Friday, January 8th.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
Review by Bob Ignizio
In terms of plot, THE
REVENANT is kind of like a cross between a seventies Clint Eastwood
western/revenge movie like THE OUTLAW
JOSEY WALES, and a western survival film of that same era like JEREMIAH JOHNSON. The specifics derive
from a novel of the same name by Michael Punke, which was itself based on the
true story of frontier scout Hugh Glass. And to be sure, the story of Mr.
Glass, both in real life and in this slightly fictionalized version is quite
gripping. But as Roger Ebert was fond of saying, it’s not what a movie is
about, it’s how it is about it.
