This week The Revenant saw Leonardo DiCaprio picking up a Golden Globe for the Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) and the movie itself taking home the award for the Best Motion Picture (Drama).

This highly anticipated survival drama, which also stars Tom Hardy, is out in cinemas on Friday January 15.

But is it worth a watch? Here is everything you need to know about The Revenant (15).

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What is it about?

Leonardo DiCaprio plays 19th-century explorer Hugh Glass, who guides a team of fur trappers and hunters under the command of Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson).

The men come under attack from Native Americans led by tribal chief Elk Dog (Duane Howard), whose daughter Powaqa (Melaw Nakehk'o) has been kidnapped.

The team flee for their lives and Glass is subsequently injured in a mauling from a grizzly bear, which is protecting its cubs.

Henry leaves behind two men, Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) and Bridger (Will Poulter), to tend to Glass and his son, Hawk (Forrest Goodluck), while the rest of the trappers head for safety.

A treacherous Fitzgerald decides to kill Hawk and drags Glass' near lifeless body into a freshly dug grave. The explorer regains consciousness some time later and vows to hunt down the men who killed his boy.

Who is in it?

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the lead role of explorer Hugh Glass, The Dark Knight Rises' Tom Hardy plays fellow explorer and confidant John Fitzgerald, Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Domhnall Gleeson plays Captain Andrew Henry and The Maze Runner's Will Poulter plays Bridger.

Other stars include breakout actor Forrest Goodluck, Peaky Blinders' Paul Anderson, Villmark's Kristoffer Joner and actor Duane Howard.

Is it worth a watch?

4/5

The Golden Globe was certainly well deserved for leading man DiCaprio who puts himself through the wringer for his art in this bloody drama.

In one stomach-churching scene, the fervent vegetarian eats a wild bison's liver on camera because the role demands it.

It's not a journey into the heart of darkness for the sentimental or faint of heart.

Explosions of violence are graphic and a horrifying bear attack early in the film unfolds in a single, unbroken take that shreds our nerves beyond repair.

Aided by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity, Birdman), director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu conjures a nightmarish and unflinching vision of a grieving father's revenge mission.

DiCaprio is mesmerising, dragging his wounded body across frozen landscapes before locking horns with Hardy's scowling rival in an adrenaline-pumped climax that leaves us gasping for air.

Where can I buy tickets?

Odeon, Cineworld, Vue and Reel cinemas are now taking bookings for the first showings on Friday.