Ignore the Hate! This Film is one of Tarantino's Best...

Rating: 9/10 (3 June 2017)

The Hateful Eight is the eighth entry of film through the ultimate writer and director, Quentin Tarantino. He has stated that he will only be making 2 more films, which in a total becomes 10 films throughout his wondrous career. It is so sad and relieving to believe only 2 more films will be inclined from the fantastic writer and director Quentin Tarantino. Because this film is a welcome addition to fans of himself and to the beloved audiences that makes it one of the finest western films of the decade.
The Hateful Eight starts with John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) comfortably travelling inside a wagon led by horses heading their way to the path of Red Rock, a small village which John Ruth is a bounty hunter and he's requirement is to capture Daisy Domergue and hang her in the town to get paid. On their path stands Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L Jackson) who is another bounty hunter but is black. His request for the long ride with them is because of an awful, deleterious snow blizzard. On their way meets another character, Chris Mannix (Walter Goggins) who claims to be the new sheriff of the town 'Red Rock'. Arriving their way, from the heavy blizzard that stands to disturb their way they decide to seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery. Already, there are in total of 4 people waiting inside the Haberdashery as they claim that Minnie has been gone for a week to visit her mother for Christmas. While committing to stay for a few nights, a disastrous murder happens between the night by a coffee and between the hateful eight's, they seek to discover the incident and who the criminal is amongst them.
This might be similar to an older film and a popularized board game both named 'Clue'. Aside from the minor detailed plots, it doubtlessly borrows similar elements of its original concept. One might say, it is a direct plagiarism, but for the defense, I'd like to put as inspirational. The impression might be familiar but it is the story and the characters that make it very different from the inspired source material and other mainstream thriller films. A clear example may be, the collision between Major Marquis and the residence who were already resting in the haberdashery, the hilarious chemistry between John Ruth and Daisy. Another might be, a sequence in which Major Marquis explains the death of General Sandy Smithers' (Bruce Dern) son which remained a mysterious clue but now revealed from the dirty, deceitful mouth of Major Marquis. This 10-minute sequence is an aspect that decorated the film over up, and still remains to be memorable and highly impressive that made my first knuckle tight, and the sense of dread that made it authentically disturbing to view.
The cast of The Hateful Eight is undeniably fabulous. These actors and actresses deduce like they are fully committed to their roles in the film. To begin, interesting characters have been shown off to the screen as the film slowly reveals each of the characters which are utterly different in most other western or typical mainstream movies. As undoubtedly these characters are enjoyable, the acting of performance that is given by each make it more stimulating and enchanting. A prime example I would use would be, Samuel L Jackson as Major Marquis Warren. He is strikingly amusing and courageous as a dangerous and clever bounty hunter. He has a sense, in which is dread whenever he beings making movements and when he starts opening his mouth to speak. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I believe that it is his best performance since the 1994's Pulp Fiction.
Like all Tarantino films, all of his films are unduly bloody violent. He is a director who doesn't care about the age conscious and continues fully with the bloody violence that everyone could possibly imagine. Mainstream films, tend to hide violent acts of scenes and blood for disturbance but it may make the viewing bored and clichéd. However, Tarantino just shows the violent scene of violence that may be disturbing but totally fun and interesting. The film doesn't go for Tarantino violence for the first and second act. When the third act hits, it changes the plate and switches into an R-rated Clue version which was a total blast.
The film's running time is 167 mins which are close to 3 hours maximum. This is undeniably a huge number for a film to the tide, but from the immensely interesting characters, the absurdity bloody violence and the marvelous dialogue which Tarantino's professional writing shines the most makes the 3 hours run time fill like 30 minutes. A flaw that could be mentioned is, because of the long run time, sometimes the main story drags into nothing and appears at the main points usually at the third or final act of the film which most Tarantino films tend to have an issue.
Ennio Morricone's score feels like the perfect music composing for a stage play that shifts the tones correctly according to the sense of dread of the scenes. The cinematography and the Ultra Panavision 70 mm camera is stunningly gorgeous, as it takes wide shots, that makes it a perfect vision for a stage play as well.
As a conclusion, Tarantino has made yet another sequestered masterpiece from himself. Like all Tarantino films, The Hateful Eight is funny, scary, alluring, dreadful and every time a new case or an unexpected condition occurs that makes the audience thought to provoke and entertained of what it accomplished.
Grade: A