Tarantino!! You genius!!

Rating: 9/10 (25 August 2014)

Django Unchained is a 2012 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is a highly stylized typical Tarantino movie which takes place in the Old West. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson.The film follows an African-American slave (Foxx), and a German bounty hunter posing as a traveling dentist (Waltz), named Dr.Schultz. In exchange for helping Schultz collect a large bounty on three outlaws, Schultz buys and then promises to free Django after they catch the outlaws the following spring. Schultz subsequently promises to teach Django bounty hunting, and split the bounties with him, if Django assists him in hunting down other outlaws throughout the winter. Django agrees on the condition that they also locate and free his long-lost wife (Washington) from her cruel plantation owner Candie (DiCaprio).The film showcases brutal violence and the dark theme of slave trade from the director's perspective. The cinematography is brilliant and the movie is humorous and gruesome at the same time. The first half of the movie is deeply engaging but the second half seemed to lack some vigor.The cast did exceedingly well with special mention of DiCaprio who put life into the character of an exploitative plantation owner. Christoph Waltz portrayal of Dr. Schultz reaffirms my belief in him as a versatile actor. The soundtrack is good enough with its touch of "The West" but does not impresses much. In all, the movie does a good job at entertaining its audience.