The alternative reservoir dogs!

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2016)

This movie feels quite similar to reservoir dogs but is just different enough not to feel like recycled material. While the focus of Reservoir dogs was more character centered, the hateful 8 is more culturally focused. The characters are a product of their time instead of just simply badasses and the plot seems to have literary value.
edit: some clarification why it is like reservoir dogs. It is a finite set of characters locked in a setting with some of them trying to kill others. In reservoir dogs the cop was the prisoner and the snitch was trying to save him. In the hateful 8 the woman is the prisoner and the gang was undercover to save her. Difference is that in reservoir dogs the picking of the snitch was done by gut instinct and character while here it was done by induction(which is less interesting).
If there's nothing reminiscent about a southerner and a northerner uniting up against foreigners, a fake farmer and some rednecks then somebody hasn't brushed up on their American history. I especially liked the fake Abe Lincoln letter, something Samuel's character, Marquis claims he needs to get respect, and at the end, the southerner crumples it as a symbol that Marquis doesn't need it anymore.
Overall, this is a great movie with solid camera work, a fun script, and doesn't hold back on gore so I highly recommend it. This is probably the best movie Tarantino has released since Kill Bill. I don't quite love it as much as reservoir dogs but it comes down to personal taste.