Leonardo Di Caprio is wisely tipped to finally bag that Best Actor Oscar for his role as fur trapper Hugh Glass, a man seeking vengeance on the 1820s American frontier, after being savagely attacked by a bear and left for dead in a shallow grave next to the body of his murdered son. As a survival story, The Revenant is definitely one of the best in recent memory. Alejandro G. Iñárritu has delivered a film that is the exact opposite of fellow nominee The Martian. Where that film had intrinsically different ingredients in regards to its lack of a revenge-bent, The Revenant essentially one-ups Ridley Scott's fairly airy outing by legitimately putting Leo through the ringer. The Revenant is now infamous for its intense, draining 9-month(!) shoot in the wilds of Alberta, with its stars being put through freezingly difficult conditions - so tangible on screen that you can feel the chill for yourself. For anyone to turn in a performance as good as Leo's in that kind of climate is definitely the sign of not only a great actor, but a great director also. Don't be surprised if Iñárritu ends up going home with his second Best Picture Oscar in two years, as the man's tenacity and dedication to his vision - which included filming chronologically and only using a miniscule amount of available natural light - are self-evident.