Best Tarantino Film Yet

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2015)

I saw "The Hateful Eight", starring Samuel L. Jackson-Nick Fury in the Avengers movies, Snakes on a Plane; Kurt Russell-Furious 7, Vanilla Sky; Jennifer Jason Leigh-Road to Perdition, Fast Times at Ridgemont High; Walter Goggins-Justified_tv, The Bourne Identity; Demian Bichir-Machete Kills, The Heat; Tim Roth-Selma, The Incredible Hulk; Michael Madsen-Sin City, Die Another Day and Bruce Dern-D'Jango Unchained, The Cowboys.
This is Quentin Tarantino's eighth movie-notice the number 8 in the title? It is a western and he has Ennio Morricone doing the music-he did the music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It is shot in 70mm, which hasn't been done since the 1960's. In fact, this is the same camera that was used during the filming of Ben Hur; not one like it but the actual camera. For the first week or two of the film's release, Quentin is doing what he calls a 'Roadshow' engagement, which means you have an overture before the movie-just music-and an intermission in the middle, so you can stretch your legs or go to the restroom. The whole movie has a nice, old fashioned feel to it. Kurt plays a bounty hunter right after the Civil War that is bringing Jennifer in for a reward-plus a hanging- on a stage coach that is trying to beat a snow blizzard headed their way. He crosses paths with Samuel and Walter and gives them a ride. Why not, they are heading the same way and there is a blizzard coming their way. They stop at a rest stop because of the blizzard catching up to them and find four strangers already occupying the building; Demian, Tim, Michael and Bruce. All of them have different occupations-a sheriff, a hangman, retired military general, a cowboy and another bounty hunter and Kurt has to decide who is telling the truth and who is lying through their crooked teeth. He believes that one or more of the strangers have ulterior motives and are either in cahoots with Jennifer and want to set her free or want the reward money for themselves. If you like Quentin's movies, you should enjoy this one because I think it's his best one he has made yet. It's rated "R" for bloody violence, language and sexual content- including nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 48 minutes-not counting the overture and intermission. I really enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.