Spoiler Warning! The Revenant 2 picks up years after Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) survived his brutal ordeal in the wilderness. Now a hardened trapper, Glass is drawn into a new conflict when a ruthless fur empire, led by the vengeful Mads Mikkelsen (playing Anders Vanek, the brother of Tom Hardy’s character from the first film), begins slaughtering Native tribes to expand their territory. After Glass interferes, Vanek’s men ambush him, leaving him for dead in the frozen wilderness—again.

Barely alive, Glass is found by a grieving Lakota warrior, Takoda (Zahn McClarnon), who lost his family to Vanek’s mercenaries. The two form an uneasy alliance, tracking Vanek’s caravan to a remote fort where corrupt soldiers trade in stolen furs and enslaved captives. Using guerrilla tactics, Glass and Takoda sabotage the operation, leading to a brutal nighttime raid where Glass finally confronts Vanek in a savage knife fight on a frozen river.

Just as Glass gains the upper hand, a sudden avalanche buries them both. Glass barely escapes, but Vanek’s fate is left ambiguous—until the final scene reveals his frozen hand twitching beneath the snow. The film ends with Glass riding west, hinting at a final confrontation in a potential third film. Meanwhile, a post-credits scene teases a mysterious French fur company expanding into the territory, setting up a larger conflict.