Quenton Tarantino's "spaghetti western" brings magic to the screen!

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2013)

Django Unchained is filmmaker Quenton Tarantino's latest off-beat adventure for the big screen. Highlighting this film are great performances by Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson and an ensemble supporting cast that includes former television stars Don Johnson, Tom Wopat, Bruce Dern, Don Stroud and Amber Tamblyn. However, it is the sharp performance of Leonardo DiCaprio as the cruel and merciless plantation owner Calvin Candie that steals the show in this violent tale set in the south prior to the civil war. Inspired by the 1966 Italian made western Django, Tarantino wrote a script for this film that accent and combine his unique style of filmmaking with the "spaghetti western" genre while presenting an eye-opening look at slavery in the deep- south during that period. In typical Tarantino fashion this movie was not made for the faint of heart with its extreme graphic depiction of violence and torture...so be warned. Even though this movie runs long at just under 3 hours it maintains your interest at a high level.