Film: The Hateful Eight

GENRE: Drama, Comedy

RATING: R for extreme violence, language & some nudity
RUNTIME: 3 hours and 7 minutes

STARRING: Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Avengers)

Kurt Russell (Stargate, Deathproof); Walton Goggins (Justified)

DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained)

WRITER: Tarantino (True Romance, Inglorious Basterds)

PLOT: A bounty hunter and his prisoner take on some passengers and end up in a cabin filled with mysterious people.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Love Tarantino films. Pulp Fiction is one of my favourite films.

STORY STUFF: Not my favourite Tarantino story. There are some slow parts in the beginning but I did love some of the speeches, the great character names and the whodunit aspect. After the intermission, I was very curious to how it was all going to play out.  

ACTING STUFF: I expect awesomeness from Jackson, which I got. Russell and Goggins are stellar as well, great character stuff. I really liked Tim Roth’s accent and wished he had more to say. Jennifer Jason Leigh is a trooper. And, I’m not sure if it’s a spoiler, so I’ll just say the young heartthrob does a really descent job with Tarantino’s script.

ARTISTIC STUFF: I braved the incredibly long lines to watch this film in the 70mm format which Tarantino preferred. And while the large panoramics were great for about 5-10 minutes worth of exteriors, the majority of the film in Minnie’s Haberdashery didn’t need the ultra-wide screen. Great suspenseful music from Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly). Some of the violent blood spatters were pretty disturbing, even for a Tarantino film.

VERDICT: Three and a half stars

SEE IT IF: You are a fan of Tarantino mostly
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