Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson
Director: Quentin Tarantino :D
Just reading through the cast of this movie can make any movie buff drool. Then when they see that its directed by Quentin Tarantino, you just cant wait to get in to the theater!
Tarantino, Known for his blood shed and signature violence in movies brings us yet another classic!
Django Unchained, is set in the pre-Civil War era of black slaves and ruthless white oppressors.It’s impossible to deny that there’s a lot to admire in this stylish revenge fantasy that’s peppered with the kind of unforgettable touches only Tarantino could get away with. But ,somewhere it feels like he wanted to use all his ideas in this movies itself, and as a result, the film’s close-to-three-hours running time often feels like a slog.
Jamie Foxx is Django, a shackled slave, whose encounter with eccentric German bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) sets the film’s plot into motion. Freeing Django from a chain gang, Schultz recruits him to identify three outlaws. Pretty soon the two men become partners, cleaning the land of lawbreakers through some pretty violent means. Schultz then promises to lead Django to his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), and help him rescue her from the clutches of sadistic slave owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Tarantino hasn't bid adieu of his love for pithy dialogue, the bulk of which go to Christoph Waltz, who uses it to construct another deliciously menacing character after that monstrous Nazi, Col Hans Landa, in Inglourious Basterds. Leonardo DiCaprio, the real cream of the movie so-as-to-speak, appears to be having a blast, playing the racist villain of the piece, complete with moustache-twirling grin. The additional joy , however, is delivered by a near-unrecognizable Samuel L Jackson who shows up in the small but memorable part of Candie’s creepy man-servant.
The film is dazzlingly shot and is set to a terrific score, but as it approaches the three-hour mark, the twist becomes too much. Just when you think the film has come to an end after a gruesome confrontation in the final act, the story rambles on for another 20 minutes only to culminate in another even more blood-splattered face-off that you leaves you feeling exhausted.
It has got all the ingredients for a classic movie but like Tarantino's previous films, this isn’t for the faint hearted. Die-hard fans, meanwhile, will likely forgive its shortcomings.
Rating : 4/5
