Funny, Bloody and quietly dark

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2013)

Quentin Tarantino is my number one director; he is the only one you can always rely on to make a great movie. Django Unchained may have nothing to do with the original except the love story, but with the Tarantino twist this is one of the best westerns ever made. The characters are brilliant and completely different from each other, (especially Oscar winning Christophe Waltz's Dr King Shultz). There's a nice turn from Di Caprio playing the nasty plantation owner Calvin Candy, and Jamie Foxx is great as Django. The film of course being a Tarantino film it is full of violence and not just in the sense of blood; this is also where the dark undertones of the film comes into play (which is quite well covered over by soundtracks and clever cinematography) the sense of violence towards the slaves and especially the whipping scene of Kerry Washington. All in all the history of the film is accurate, the dialogue is brilliant and the performances are strong all round with great lashings of action throughout. This film is one that you wont forget or regret.