Violently Yours

Rating: 7/10 (30 December 2015)

The brutal depiction of violence in this western will definitely do your appetite no good. The unsightliness of the blood and gore is not for the squeamish . Tarantino leaves little to imagination as minute after minute the various shades of violence come into play . As far as acting is concerned, the cast has done a good job. The conversational sequences are fairly entertaining although not as witty as the ones in Pulfic or Ingbat. Still for the minimalist tone which the movie maintains the dialogue and screenplay is well written and presented.
Walton Goggins (yes I had to check the cast and crew page to know his name) gives a stellar performance . For me , one of the better characters in the Tarantino franchise.
There have been wayward allegations of misogyny against the movie. But in fairness, according to me this is one of the few , if not the first action thriller where women characters are treated on the same plane as men - be it in dialogue, depictions of violence or verbal abuse. The director has done well to erase the line between masculinity and femininity . Sex and gender play a very minor role in the character development in the movie , which is truly groundbreaking.
If at all, I would be critical about the unapologetic exhibition of messy violence -both direct and anticipatory .
I would have loved to rate this flick higher (and I may change the rating next year) but for now I feel it is a solid western thriller and can do with a decent 7 against its name.