Sneaky, Sneaky...

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2016)

In today's digital age it is sometimes hard to remember the long standing practices that gave rise to cinema as we know it. Writer/director Quentin Tarantino hasn't forgotten, shooting his latest film, an old school western titled The Hateful Eight, in beautiful 70mm. But Tarantino is too smart a filmmaker to fall prey to a simple gimmick and one realizes shortly after the film begins that there is a dual purpose to every magnificent shot, every movement on screen and every line spoken. Tarantino's violent, tragic, irreverent and humorous screenplay truly sets the stage for the fantastic cast and superb designers to explore the world of The Hateful Eight and bring it to glorious, entertaining life so much so that the message of the story settles in the back of your mind before you even realize there is one.
The Hateful Eight takes place shortly after The Civil War when frontier justice reigns supreme and bounty hunters are a dime a dozen. John "the hangman" Ruth (Kurt Russell/Silkwood, Furious 7) is trying to beat a blizzard to Minnie's Haberdashery before moving on to the town of Red Rock with his bounty in tow, one Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh/Anomalisa, Weeds) who we are assured is very dangerous but...
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