The work of a sadist

Rating: 1/10 (12 January 2013)

Amounts to nothing more than a series of torture scenes held together with an atrocious plot. A nihilistic work bereft of humanity which achieves in making the viewer care nothing for the fate of the characters. To cap it all, it is an offense to the memory of all those who suffered and died as a consequence of slavery and makes light of themes which demand respect. Tarantino is clearly a one trick pony and it's been getting progressively worse since the high point that was Pulp Fiction, the sharp dialogue has gone, the once trend setting soundtracks are now completely out of place - see the use of Verdi's Requiem Mass in this film, a cheap and ineffective rip-off of the Wagner section in Apocalypse now - the same story told over and over again just transplanted into a different setting and the work of a human who views others only as a means to show over-stylized death. This film teaches us nothing, tells us nothing and fails in its most basic purpose: to entertain. He is a B movie director with A movie budgets and the mask of serious auteur has definitely fallen off leaving little of substance.