Prolific violence. Truly rough and raw western.

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2016)

If you like rough, rowdy, tough and raw...this one you will probably like. Quentin Tarantino's eight movie is not exactly his best; but it is far from being bad. Some can be disappointed, but THE HATEFUL EIGHT has no problem pleasing those looking for the expected bloody violence.
The Civil War has ended and a stagecoach hurtles through snowy Wyoming (filmed in Colorado) as infamous bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) takes his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), to Red Rock in the name of justice. Savage blizzard conditions will end up having a gathering of conflicting characters holding up a way station. Vengeful Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a notorious bounty hunter to his own acclaim; Oswald Mobray (Tim Roth), the hang man in Red Rock; Chris Mannix (Walter Goggins), the new sheriff of Red Rock; General Sandy Smithers (Bruce Dern) and journal writing cowpoke, Joe Gage (Michael Madsen) and Mexican Bob (Demian Bichir) are hunker-downed in the old drafty haberdashery known as Minnie's.
Paranoria, mistrust and grandiose tales turn the movie into an over talkative, violent free-for-all. Tarantino narrates this film that plays out in chapters as an over-the-top brutal and vulgar stage play. There is so much detail in filling out the characters and the look of the film itself is as beautiful as it is rustic.
Also in the cast: Channing Tatum, Zoe Bell, James Parks, Dana Gourrier, Lee Horsley and Craig Stark.
No surprise in the R rating for the strong violence, sexual content and some graphic nudity. Raw, rough language is a given. Hey, this is Tarantino.