Tarantino back on form

Rating: 7/10 (13 February 2013)

It's great to report that Tarantino is back to making the sort of movies that you expected early in his career. A lot of his recent movies have always felt somewhat indulgent, but Django Unchained is a return to basics. At times the script is mesmerising and you are totally engrossed in many of the dialogues throughout the film. The film is very much a tribute to the spaghetti western.
The film tells the story of Django (Jamie Fox) a slave who is befriended by a bounty hunter Dr Shultz (Christoph Waltz). The main reason for this is because Django can identify the people he is looking for. He soon realises that Django has a skill for bounty hunting and decides he would like to hire him as a deputy bounty hunter who takes 1/3 of the bounty.
In addition to the direction being excellent most of the acting performances are also great with Waltz being the standout performer. There's a lot of blood and gore in the film, but it very much of the comic book style.