So Damn Good

Rating: 9/10 (15 May 2015)

Quentin Tarantino makes great films, this is one of his greatest. An instant classic and a highlight for his career, Django unchains itself from comparison to any other film, it's magnificent characters, astonishingly detailed writing and moments of shock are so out there. Christoph Waltz can do no wrong, he is an actor with talent through the roof, and his latest performance as Dr. King Schultz catapults him further to one of the beat actors status, yes I am a fan. Same goes to Jamie Foxx, he plays vulnerable and unsure to start with yet as he gets closer to the end of his revenge journey as Django, he becomes confident and flamboyant, Foxx is impeccable here. Leonardo DiCaprio is almost unrecognisable in terms of behaviour and attitude, he is superb as a nasty piece of work Calvin Candy, a slave ranch owner. Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins and Kerry Washington add more star power to this marvel of a movie, Tarantino's writing and characters here at what drive this adventure, yet the intensity and horror of slavery also has strong authority on screen amongst the stars, as well as some exciting moments of action and well staged gun fights. This western themed revenge tale dowses the genre in signature Tarantino fire igniting a 165 minute masterpiece.