The Hateful Eight
Tarantino's eighth film, a western set in post-Civil War Wyoming. With winter raging, a ragtag bunch of armed strangers find themselves holed up in the same stagecoach stop. Predictably for this scenario (and director), tensions will rise and violence will ensue... Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Samuel L. Jackson are 3/8 of the stars.
Sometime after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as 'The Hangman,' will bring Domergue to justice.
Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town's new Sheriff.
Losing their lead on the blizzard, they all seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. There they are greeted by four unfamiliar faces: Bob (Demian Bichir), who's taking care of Minnie's while she's visiting her mother; Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock; cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen); and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm descends on the mountainside stopover, our eight travellers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock.
- Director:
- Quentin Tarantino ('Pulp Fiction', 'Jackie Brown', 'Inglourious Basterds', 'Django Unchained')
- Writer:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Samuel L. JacksonKurt RussellTim RothWalton GogginsMichael MadsenZoë BellBruce DernJennifer Jason LeighChanning TatumDemian Bichir
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksAs great as Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained were, the manner in which Quentin Tarantino's pointed proclivity for ponderous proclamations went unchecked in those films prevented me from wholly embracing them. In The Hateful Eight, the third entry in QT's unofficial 'Revisionist Myth' trilogy, those tendencies go even further, gloriously so.
Weak in story
Good but not great
I like Quentin Tarantino and I think he is a great filmmaker but this is not his best work. That may sound cynical but I still gave this 3 stars so I still think it is a good film. First the positives. The acting is stellar all around as every person in the cast does a phenomenal job with the stand outs being Jennifer Jason Leigh and Walton Goggins who...
Should have been a 90 minute movie
An okay plot with QT's heavy handed gore. The gore I didn't mind, but taking so long to tell the story ... that's feels self-indulgent. Not even the stunning cinematography could stop me from thinking it was too too long. (And enough with the chapters already). Had to see it just for completeness, but I'm feeling grumpy about the extra time.
The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino has done it again! The Hateful Eight is glorious. Samuel L. Jackson steals the movie, giving his best performance since Pulp Fiction. Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh are phenomenal. It's a slow burner, but the dialogue is sharp as you would expect from Tarantino. There's a lot of blood splatter and heads blown off. It kept me...
Variety
pressFamiliarity aside ... the movie absolutely delivers on the sheer moment-to-moment pleasures fans have come to expect, from dynamite dialogue to powder-keg confrontations.
Total Film
pressA superior entertainment that marks Tarantino's most mature outing since Jackie Brown.
Time Out
pressMorricone's seesawing score sometimes brings to mind Tarantino fave Sergio Leone, but the real ancestor here is John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing, another thriller percolating with close-quarters paranoia and Hawksian gab.
The New York Times
pressSome of the film's ugliness is therefore a sign of integrity, and of relevance. But much of it seems dumb and ill considered, as if Mr. Tarantino's intellectual ambition and his storytelling discipline had failed him at the same time.
The Guardian
press"Thriller" is a generic label which has lost its force. But The Hateful Eight thrills.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAs ever with Tarantino films, however, some of the performances are lip-smackingly delicious.
FilmInk
pressIt certainly won't be a film for everyone, but for those who can handle the brutality and nihilism, there's a lot to love about The Hateful Eight.
Empire Magazine
pressOn a par with Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight starts low-key but ultimately delivers big, bold, blood-soaked rewards. Roll on, QT Western number three.
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksAs great as Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained were, the manner in which Quentin Tarantino's pointed proclivity for ponderous proclamations went unchecked in those films prevented me from wholly embracing them. In The Hateful Eight, the third entry in QT's unofficial 'Revisionist Myth' trilogy, those tendencies go even further, gloriously so.
Variety
pressFamiliarity aside ... the movie absolutely delivers on the sheer moment-to-moment pleasures fans have come to expect, from dynamite dialogue to powder-keg confrontations.
Total Film
pressA superior entertainment that marks Tarantino's most mature outing since Jackie Brown.
Time Out
pressMorricone's seesawing score sometimes brings to mind Tarantino fave Sergio Leone, but the real ancestor here is John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing, another thriller percolating with close-quarters paranoia and Hawksian gab.
The New York Times
pressSome of the film's ugliness is therefore a sign of integrity, and of relevance. But much of it seems dumb and ill considered, as if Mr. Tarantino's intellectual ambition and his storytelling discipline had failed him at the same time.
The Guardian
press"Thriller" is a generic label which has lost its force. But The Hateful Eight thrills.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAs ever with Tarantino films, however, some of the performances are lip-smackingly delicious.
FilmInk
pressIt certainly won't be a film for everyone, but for those who can handle the brutality and nihilism, there's a lot to love about The Hateful Eight.
Empire Magazine
pressOn a par with Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight starts low-key but ultimately delivers big, bold, blood-soaked rewards. Roll on, QT Western number three.
Weak in story
Good but not great
I like Quentin Tarantino and I think he is a great filmmaker but this is not his best work. That may sound cynical but I still gave this 3 stars so I still think it is a good film. First the positives. The acting is stellar all around as every person in the cast does a phenomenal job with the stand outs being Jennifer Jason Leigh and Walton Goggins who...
Should have been a 90 minute movie
An okay plot with QT's heavy handed gore. The gore I didn't mind, but taking so long to tell the story ... that's feels self-indulgent. Not even the stunning cinematography could stop me from thinking it was too too long. (And enough with the chapters already). Had to see it just for completeness, but I'm feeling grumpy about the extra time.
The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino has done it again! The Hateful Eight is glorious. Samuel L. Jackson steals the movie, giving his best performance since Pulp Fiction. Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh are phenomenal. It's a slow burner, but the dialogue is sharp as you would expect from Tarantino. There's a lot of blood splatter and heads blown off. It kept me...
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