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Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2018)

"The Hateful Eight". A Quinten Tarantino film that quickly begins with the reuniting of two, now hitmen set in the time of the American Civil War. With both of our leading men (the now hitmen) transporting their valuable bodies (some alive and some not), they are quite warry of one another however they still decide to travel together in a brutal Colorado blizzard. As the story progresses these two hit men along their way pickup an additional straggler known as the mayor of Red Rock a Mr. Sheriff Chris Mannix played by Walton Goggins. When the blizzard becomes to brutal to travel in the stagecoach of men find themselves in a local stagecoach lodge owned by a character that goes by the name of Minnie played by Dana Gourrier. During the groups stay at the Colorado stagecoach lodge, a story begins to unfold with conflict among the characters that involves many metaphors, nonlinear story telling moments, and even a mysterious poisoning. Samuel L. Jackson playing Major Marquis Warren a civil war veteran, who was pen pals with president Lincoln, introduces the first of many life ending conflicts with General Sandy Smithers portrayed by Bruce Dern after murdering his son in a form self-justified life preservation when hunted by the generals son for a bounty. As the story continues to unfold the viewer continues to learn more and more about Kurt Russell's character John Ruth and his bounty on Daisy Domergue played by Jennifer Jason Leigh. Soon information is revealed to us that Daisy has refuge at this particular stagecoach lodge. Flashing backing in time we learn that her brother Jody Domergue portrayed by Channing Tatum, has taken over Minnie's lodge in order to save his sister from the hangman Oswaldo Mobary played by Tim Roth; telling us that the characters we have met, are not truly who they claim to be. As the story continues to unfold we learn how the scene has been set for John's success to free his sister and the true nature of each and every character that we meet in the Colorado lodge. The hateful eight is a story that focus on characters and their development as the story is told. The film shows that people are not always what they tell you they are, nor what they seem they are. Even towards the last minutes of the film we end with a metaphoric resolve of the death of Daisy Domergue we see the sheriff hang our main protagonist as we think she is going to live, for the last time in the film showing us people and their paths are not what we always think they are going to be.