So that's how the war should've ended!

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2016)

Tarantino presents challenging work. This is no less challenging than his previous efforts. There is a multi-faceted lot, with two key events coming together at the end of the story. And the film is a story, set in WW2 but not as we might know it! And this works well. Back to the film.
The characterisations of the key characters are stereotypical, and this is not a bad thing! It clarifies motive and method for the film. The SS officer, Colonel Hans Lander, is played across the full range of clown to chilling murderer very well.
Action sequences are well staged, and the build up to them very effective. The blood and gore often presented in Tarantino films is present in this one too.
The film is travelling towards the assassination of Hitler and his cronies. The method by which this'll be done is then developed with the plot centering on the showing of a film celebrating an outrageous feat of arms on the part of a German soldier.
The French girl who owns the cinema chosen for this event being the Jewish girl who escaped from Lander at the start of the film.
The remainder of the film covers the assassination attempt at the cinema. It is splendidly shot, and in a style which stands up to multiple viewings! But I'll not tell you what happens!
Lander takes off with the basterds at end of the film, getting his just deserts!
The film tells its story well, and the violence featured reminds the viewer that war is terrible, but that people are responsible for that frightfulness. The look and feel is good, and there's even a track by David Bowie which feels just right!
Violent-yes, entertaining-yes, thrilling-yes, a typical Tarantino story with an unanticipated conclusion!