The Hateful Eight

 

The Hateful Eight 2015

• Director: Quentin Tarantino
• Also seen by this director: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Django Unchained, Inglourius Basterds, Kill Bill 1&2, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs
• Based on a book: no
• Cast: Samuel L Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, James Parks, Dana Gourrier, Zoë Bell
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Samuel L Jackson – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Django Unchained, Jumper, 1408, Star Wars, Kill Bill, Changing Lanes, The Red Violin, Jackie Brown, The Long Kiss Goodnight, True Romance, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Jungle Fever, Mo’ Better Blues, Sea of Love, Do the Right Thing
• Tim Roth – The Liability, To Kill a King, Gridlock’d, Rob Roy, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
• Kurt Russell – Once upon a Time in Hollywood, Overboard, Silkwood, various series from the 60’s
• Jennifer Jason Leigh – Annihilation, Margot at the Wedding, Road to Perdition, eXistenZ, A Thousand Acres, Kansas City, Georgia, Dolores Claiborn, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Walton Goggins – Maze Runner, Django Unchained, Miracle at Santa Ana, I’ll Fly Away
• Michael Madsen – he’s been in many films of which I’ve seen a few but I don’t really recognise him.
• Bruce Dern – Once upon a Time in Hollywood, Silent Running, They Shoot Horses Don’t They, The Wild Angels, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, TV series
• Dana Gourrier – The Butler, Django Unchained
• Zöe Bell – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Django Unchained, Billy Elliot
•  Why? Tarantino, Jackson, Roth
• Seen: 15 November 2020      

       Another bounty hunter film. Fate brings Major Warren (Jackson) together with another bounty hunter John Ruth (Russell) who is bringing cynical murderer Daisy (Jason Leigh) to be hanged in Red Rock. Fate brings them together with a mouthy racist confederate who claims to be the new sheriff of Red Rock. A blizzard forces them to stop at Minnie’s Haberdashery in the middle of wild west nowhere where they encounter British born Oswaldo Mobray (Roth) and a confederate general (Dern).

       People die. If you can imagine Tarantino working together with Agatha Christie, you might get the picture. Samuel L Jackson and Miss Marple.

       I would say that this is an unusual Tarantino but has any Tarantino film been usual? Still, even by Tarantino standards it’s strange. How good is it? On the one hand…. But on the other hand….

 

3*? 4*?