BY MARC CHAPPELLE
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Leading man Leonardo DiCaprio should be able to bolster The Revenant into something truly engaging. Early critics on Twitter say this movie may finally land an Oscar in DiCaprio’s hands.

It tells the story of redemption for an 1823 American frontiersman left for dead and his vows to get revenge.

I have great faith in director Alejandro González Iñárritu. Babel (2006) and Birdman (2015) went places that surprised and intrigued me. Birdman swept the most recent Academy Awards with four honors, so my expectations are set high.

This being inspired by “true events” may restrict the freedom of the plotline, but as with Birdman, Iñárritu’s best moments come in making ordinary scenes extraordinary.

With the precedents set for both the crew behind the camera and the cast on set, including Tom Hardy (Inception, Mad Max: Fury Road) and

Domhnall Gleeson (my personal favorite, sci-fi thriller Ex Machina), my gut says The Revenant can overcome what I see as a bit of a tired concept and transform it into something worth more than an $11.50 ticket