Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained is the story of a slave name Django (Jamie Foxx) who's freedom is bought by Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz). Schultz trains Django to become a bounty hunter. Django then uses his skills to confront the brutal Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) to rescue his wife.
Best known for his uncomfortably brutally funny movies like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and From Dusk Til Dawn, Django Unchained is bound to be another over-the-top gory and violent movie that is smart, well-acted, and so cleverly put together that you find yourself laughing and cringing at the same time and wondering how you could possibly be doing both. The answer is simple: Quentin Tarantino.
And Django Unchained was exactly that. Perhaps I'm getting a little old for movies like this, or maybe this movie was just particularly violent, but I really did find it to be uncomfortably violent at times and did find myself cringing in my seat. I know Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs were violent movies, but I don't recall being this disturbed for this long at what I saw in a movie. As for the laughing, it was more brief moments of well-timed brevity that were a much welcomed and much needed break from the otherwise non-stop bloodshed.
That being said, it was still done very well. It was smart, gritty, gruesome, but a touching albeit unconventional love story. Jamie Foxx was sharp as the slave with a vengeance Django. Christopher Waltz was perfect and stole the show for me as the dentist turned bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. I even enjoyed Leonardo DiCaprio's performance as the business man Calvin Candie. Django Unchained gets a solid 4 stars for the original script, the well shot movie, the amazing acting performances, the choice in music accompaniment, and even the brutality which was probably more accurate than most movies dare to show about this era in our history. Well worth the money, highly recommended, though not 100% sure I will add this to my collection, it's something I could see myself watching again . . . when I can stomach it. So what movie will be on my mind next? We shall see.
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