The Waiting Game

Rating: 6/10 (12 January 2016)

How much enjoyment you get out of this movie pretty much depends on how much you like Samuel L. Jackson. If you're a fan, you can sit through the first two thirds of the movie just feeling for him and his character and not be too bothered about the slow pace of the plot. It's hard to call it world-building, because lots of the stuff that is shown in the beginning will be torn down once the movie gets to Tarantino's famous blood and guts type of scenes. If Samuel L. Jackson and/or Negro rights post-civil war don't do it for you, you'll probably just be bored by it. Or maybe you'll hate all the characters so much you'll watch it just to see them suffer and/or die.
If you're a fan of Tarantino's previous work, you'll probably find the splatter part entertaining. If not, don't go see it. It's another movie about violence with no deeper meaning.
There is also a whodunit aspect to it, but it can't be called a proper mystery. The plot moves as it wills, and the watcher is not encouraged to gather clues or make guesses. You simply sit and wait until everything is revealed. This probably won't be the movie you'll watch over and over again - once you know who's plotting with whom against whom, there's little left to be excited about.