The Revenant

In the 80´s there was a lot of movies made with different genres mixed together. Night Of The Creeps, Big Trouble In Little China, Bad Taste, and many more. The traditional way of making a movie expanded, and you could throw in a piece of everything to make your own style. Some did really well, some had some great ideas that did not work on paper. When i first saw the trailer of The Revenant, i almost fell off my chair. This looked exactly like one of the early 80´s mixed up genre movies, but updated and still very clever. Question is, is The Revenant a future classic, or did the trailer just take out the best scenes to hide the real quality?

Second Lieutenant Bart Gregory (David Anders) is shot dead in Iraq, during a mission. His body is transfered home to Usa to be buried. His best friend Joey Leubner (Chris Wylde), is devastated, but handle the situation with alcohol and medicine. Bart´s girlfriend Janet (Louise Griffiths) does not know how to handle the situation, so have sex with Joey. One night, Bart wakes up from the dead, not knowing why he is back to life, he finds his way home to Joey. At first Joey thinks this is a bad joke, but he realise Bart is back from the dead. The two friends try and live life, go out for girls, have fun, but the thirst for blood is bigger than ever. Bart needs blood, and fast. When Joey is shot in a robbery at a super store, Joey helps him wake up from the dead. Now, 2 dead guys are on the streets, with fireguns, ready to have the best party ever.

I am in love. The Revenant is just what i needed to see, this is a mix of everything from classic movies The Hidden, The Killer, and with influences from the early Peter Jackson movies. The fact is that this is a really funny movie, even how sick some scenes are, you will be laughing your ass off. Just the idea of a zombie who party, clean up the streets from crime as a zombie Dirty Harry is brilliant. The scene where he tries to sound like Clint Eastwood, and say his classic Dirty Harry line, this is some really funny shit people. The Revenant may not make any sense to many, but for me this is the perfect example of intelligent movie making. Mix everything you can, and make your own original story, with great special effects included, no cgi. Why did not The Revenant win an academy for best movie in the year 2009 ? Let´s face it, people need to learn what real movies should be like. Buy this one, this is without a doubt the best horror comedy released in many years. I wonder why it took 3 years for a release date here in Sweden ? It was worth the wait, no doubt about that.

Rating: DDDD