Bravo!

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2012)

Quentin Tarantino blowtorches his way through racism in the Pre-Civil War South in DJANGO UNCHAINED a stunning reinvention of the spaghetti western. Jamie Foxx is a force of nature as Django a slave turned bounty hunter when he teams up with Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) a dentist who prefers collecting bounties to extracting teeth. Leonardo DiCaprio is amazing as a slave owning plantation aristocrat who likes booking brutal slave fights when he's not primping himself and spewing racist dogma for the amusement of dinner guests. Kerry Washington is Broomhilda, Django's beautiful wife torn away at a slave auction. Samuel L Jackson is DiCaprio's head slave and a formidable presence in every scene. It's a remarkable performance.
DJANGO UNCHAINED possesses Tarantino's legendary style and panache and is beautifully photographed by Robert Richardson. One of the best films of 2012. I still have trouble believing the film is 165 minutes long. Tarantino just grabs hold of you and fastens you in for a cinematic ride you'll long remember.