A fantastic addition to tarantinos collection

Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2016)

So this is the first film I have seen released in 2016 and we are off to a fantastic start. The premise of this film sees a bounty hunter and his captive arrive at a lodge in a blizzard, surrounded by nefarious characters it becomes a mystery to find out a deadly secret. Samuel l jackson Is amazing in this film, he even channels his performance from pulp fiction at times. He is the funniest character in this film and the coolest character in this film. Kurt Russell is also really good in this film, he has good chemistry with jackson and was a great character. Jennifer jason leigh also does a surprisingly good job considering her character doesn't give her that much to work with. Walton goggins is awesome in this film and probably my joint favourite character with jackson. Tim roth and channing tatum ate also great in their roles. The story has a mystery detective feel about it and I enjoyed it because it left you on the edge of your seat as you learned things with the characters and it managed to sustain it to me. The script is obviously fantastic with the brilliant dialogue flowing and making even the most mundane scenes seem interesting. The style was good with the western setting working for the film and the soundtrack being absolutely amazing. However, we then cone down to the one Achilles heel for this film and that is it's pacing. I do not believe this film needed to be 3 hours long and I feel like some situations were drawn out too long. Overall though this is a fantastic film and if your a fan of Tarantino is a must see.