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Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2013)

Django Unchained is a movie that captivates your interest from the very beginning, I have seen nice intros for movie protagonist, but the one Quentin Tarantino dished out for Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) is one I will not forget that easily because after I saw that I was hooked and looked forward to seeing how the movie was going to play out. The great thing about this nearly 3 hours movie is that, never a dull moment. The lead actors (Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio) were just too good, that you looked forward to see them each time. Django Unchained I can boldly say lived up to the hype that it claimed, a beautiful action pack movie for all (above 17) to see.
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and released on Christmas Day of 2012, the movie is said to be set two years before the American Civil War. Tarantino, got inspiration for the film from Sergio Corbucci 1966 movie Django and also inspiration was also gotten from the 1975 film Mandingo. After Tarantino was done with the script, the Weinstein Company picked it up for production with 83 million dollars, casting Jamie Foxx in the lead role.
The movie is about love and revenge; the two most deadly forces collide in this movie. Django (Jamie Foxx) was a slave being taken to be sold, when a bounty hunter approached the men that were taken him and started questioning the slaves to see who knew some men he was hunting, Django knew them and after some unforeseen circumstances both roll out as bounty hunters.
Django only wanted one thing and that is to free his wife, but in order to be able to free his wife they have to fool Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) and this must be done while the heavily suspicious Steven (Samuel L. Jackson) is watching.
The movie isn't all sunshine, there were some let downs, like the intensive violence were sometimes unneeded, the heavy use of the word "Nigger" may not go down well with some and I guess if you are one for history, the depiction of slavery as a western shootout may not go down well with you. The time of slavery were hard times not gun slinging times.
Putting that aside Django Unchained is a good movie one you will enjoy. It also got an accolade from The American Film Institute; they included the movie in their Top Ten Movies of the Year in December 2012.
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