With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Jamie Foxx,
Christoph Waltz,
Leonardo DiCaprio |
Storyline
Former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, buys the freedom of a slave, Django,
and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter.
Instead, he is led to the site of Django's wife who is under the hands
of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner.
Movie Reviews
Quentin
Tarantino's 8th film "Django Unchained" is one hell of a movie. A
brutal, bloody, terrifying, hilarious and awe-inspiring western
disguised as a buddy movie that is so great that if John Wayne and
Sergio Leone were alive now, they would've approve of this movie. It's
designed to shock you, polarize you, test you and maybe even surprise
you. But let me clear on this: If you are not a fan of bloody violence
and the running length of 165 minutes, see a shorter movie. But if you
love to see what Tarantino can do with movies like this, then you're in
for a treat. Set during slavery in 1858, the movie follows Django (Jamie
Foxx), a slave who is found by a bounty hunter disguised as a dentist
named Dr. King Schultz (The always reliable Christoph Waltz) who hires
him as a bounty hunter and a free man to find the Brittle Brothers.
After finding them and hunting them down at a plantation run by Big
Daddy (a remarkable Don Johnson), they relax for the winter only for
them to go on a mission to find and rescue Django's wife, Broomhilda
(Kerry Washington) who is owned by Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) a
man who runs a plantation known as Candieland. He even has a renegade
slave as a servant named Stephen (A nearly recognizable Samuel L.
Jackson, hidden in makeup and some prosthetics), who will have a part to
play in the last half of the movie. I think Quentin Tarantino has
outdone himself once again. Being in the filmmaking game for 20 years
now, you can't deny and even reject his style in what he is bringing to
the screen (He also has a cameo in here as well). His dialogue is like
reading a book that grabs you and makes you want to know what happens
next. The look and scope of the film is magnificent, thanks to a
brilliant Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson and the late
production designer J. Michael Riva. The performances in this film are
brilliant. Having won an Oscar for "Ray", Jamie Foxx continues with his
breathtaking performances that wows us. Here as Django, he is certainly
fearless, baring his soul (and body) playing a man who is free from
slavery, but can't be free by the rules and limitations of slavery.
Christoph Waltz looks like he was born to be a part of Tarantino's
entourage after his Oscar-winning performance for "Inglorious Basterds".
Here, once again he brings humor and vulnerability to Dr. King Schultz.
Never before have I ever seen an actor go that far and doesn't go
over-the-top like Leonardo DiCaprio. As Calvin Candie, DiCaprio is
certainly Oscar-worthy as a man who runs a tight ship by running a place
where male slaves fight to the death and female slaves are being
prostitutes and he seems to be the kind of guy to like even though he is
a villain and he speaks Tarantino's dialogue like a pro. When he has a
scene in which he reveals three dimples from a skull that belongs to his
father, he is literally terrifying. Kerry Washington is superb as
Broomhilda and Samuel L. Jackson is the real scene-stealer. The
supporting cast is great from Walton Goggins, Jonah Hill, Michael
Bacall, Michael Parks, James Remar, Robert Carradine to a small cameo by
Franco Nero. "Django Unchained" has a lot of things to say about
slavery and how cruel it is. But at the same time, it provides the fact
that if Tarantino rearranged history by shooting Adolf Hitler to a pulp
while everything blows up at a movie theater, he can do it again by
having a former slave whipping a man who used to beat him and his wife.
Now, that's entertainment. This movie really is off the chain. It's not
only one of the most captivating films of the year, it's one of the best
films of the year. Go see it, it will be worth your time. Keep in mind
though, there are characters, especially Django, Stephen, Candie and
Schultz that uses the N-word numerous times in this movie. That seems
relevant to the time period, don't ya think?
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