Sweet Revenge

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2013)

Tarantino does for the slaveholders of the South, what he did for Nazis in Inglourious Basterds in his last film. Django is a wild ride from start to finish. Jamie Foxx is the title character, a slave freed by a German bounty hunter played to perfection by Christoph Waltz, who won an Oscar for his role in Basterds. He shows here that he is no one trick pony, as he and Foxx own the screen for almost its' entire two hour and forty five minute running length. Leonardo DiCaprio shows up as a vicious plantation owner, and he is the perfect villain. Be prepared for inhuman brutality, including a scene with attack dogs that will turn your stomach. However, it is necessary to show the reality of America's unforgivable history. Fox and Waltz are as good a pair as I have ever seen and Samuel L. Jackson shows up about 2/3 of the way in as a right hand man, or house n*****, a term used frequently, and causing some controversy as politically incorrect. Again, as with the graphic violence, the language keeps the movie realistic. The cast is exceptional, and Tarantino's script is cutting and frequently hilarious. No one alive is anywhere near as interesting as him as a writer or director; the man has brass ones. Along with "Beasts of the Southern Wild," the best film of 2012.